The genetic basis of resistance to Ostertagia circumcincta in lambs

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 111-119

  Stear, M J ^a   Bairden, K ^a   Bishop, S C ^b   Buitkamp, J ^c   Duncan, J L ^a   Gettinby, G ^d   Mckellar, Q A ^a   Park, M ^a   Parkins, J J ^a   Reid, S W J ^a   Strain, S ^a   Murray, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Genetics; Immunity; Parasite; Sheep

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; GENETICS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; OSTERTAGIA; PATHOGENICITY; REVIEW; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; TRICHOSTRONGYLOSIS;

ANIMALS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; OSTERTAGIA; OSTERTAGIASIS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 0031229646     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1090-0233(97)80049-4     Document Type: Review

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