The mast cell and eosinophil response of young lambs to a primary infection with Nematodirus battus

Parasitology

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 189-193

  Winter, M D ^a   Wright, C ^a   Lee, D L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

eosinophils; immunity; lambs; mast cells; nematode rejection; Nematodirus battus; trichostrongyle

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; LAMB; MAST CELL; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS;

ANIMALS; EOSINOPHILS; LARVA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAST CELLS; SHEEP; TIME FACTORS; TRICHOSTRONGYLOIDEA; TRICHOSTRONGYLOIDIASIS;

EID: 0031045762     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182096008311     Document Type: Article

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