The eosinophil leucocyte, a phenotypic marker of resistance to nematode parasites, is associated with calm behaviour in sheep

Immunology and Cell Biology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 153-158

  Hohenhaus, M A ^a   Josey, M J ^a   Dobson, C ^a   Outteridge, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Eosinophil leucocytes; Nematode parasites; Resistance

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; SHEEP; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS COLUBRIFORMIS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; EOSINOPHILS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; NEMATODA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PHENOTYPE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; ARENA; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS COLUBRIFORMIS;

EID: 0031949334     PISSN: 08189641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1711.1998.00727.x     Document Type: Article

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