Pruritis and dermal response to insect antigens in sheep infested with Bovicola ovis

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 419-427

  James, P J ^a,b   Moon, R D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hypersensitivity; Mallophaga; Pruritis; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR; FLY; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INFESTATION; INSECT; LOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRURITUS; SHEEP; SKIN; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BREEDING; EAR, EXTERNAL; FEMALE; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INTRADERMAL TESTS; LICE INFESTATIONS; MALLOPHAGA; PRURITUS; SEASONS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SKIN;

ANIMALIA; BOVICOLA OVIS; INSECTA; MALLOPHAGA; MUSCA AUTUMNALIS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; PHTHIRAPTERA; STOMOXYS CALCITRANS;

EID: 0032033526     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(97)00200-2     Document Type: Article

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