The effect of continuous drug exposure on the immune response of lambs challenged with drug-susceptible or drug-resistant nematode larvae

Veterinary Research Communications

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 305-314

  Sutherland, I A ^a   Leathwick, D M ^a   Green, R S ^b   Miller, C M ^a   Brown, A E ^a  

^a AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

^b AGRESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anthelmintic resistance; Benzimidazole; Controlled release capsule; Depot therapy; Immunity; Ostertagia circumcincta; Trichostrongylus colubriformis

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; LAMB; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PROVOCATION TEST;

ALBENDAZOLE; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIBODY FORMATION; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE; OSTERTAGIA; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS;

EID: 0031695052     PISSN: 01657380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006160718389     Document Type: Article

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