Detection of homocytotropic antibody in lambs infested with the louse, Bovicola ovis, using a basophil histamine-release assay

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 57, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 315-325

  Pfeffer, A ^a   Phegan, M D ^a   Bany, J ^a  

^a AGRESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Basophils; Bovicola ovis; Cockle; Histamine; IgE; Lice; Sheep

Indexed keywords

FC RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTAMINE RELEASE; LOUSE; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE SKIN ANAPHYLAXIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BASOPHILS; FEMALE; HISTAMINE RELEASE; IMMUNOASSAY; LICE; LICE INFESTATIONS; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; BOVICOLA OVIS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; PHTHIRAPTERA;

EID: 0030749431     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-2427(97)00014-7     Document Type: Article

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