Integument ultrastructure of Oestrus ovis (L.) (Diptera: Oestridae) larvae: Host immune response to various cuticular components

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 495-506

  Innocenti, Luciano ^a   Lucchesi, Paolo ^a   Giorgi, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Immune response; Larval cuticle; Nasal bot fly; Oestrus oris; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CUTICLE; FLY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGENICITY; INTEGUMENT; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MYIASIS; NONHUMAN; SHEEP; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; DIPTERA; IMMUNE SERA; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INSECT PROTEINS; LARVA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MYIASIS; PEPTIDES; RABBITS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 0030912906     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(96)00186-5     Document Type: Article

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