A hemolytic factor from Haemonchus contortus alters erythrocyte morphology

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 37-45

  Fetterer, R H ^a   Rhoads, M L ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemolysis; Lysis; Nematode; Stomach worm; Trichostrongyle

Indexed keywords

HEMOLYTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHINOCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; ERYTHROCYTE SHAPE; GOAT; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; HEMOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; SHEEP ERYTHROCYTE; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; ERYTHROCYTES; GOATS; HAEMONCHUS; HEMOLYSIS; HEMOLYTIC PLAQUE TECHNIQUE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; RABBITS; SHEEP; SWINE;

CAPRA HIRCUS; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; OVIS ARIES; SUS SCROFA; TRICHOSTRONGYLE;

EID: 0032534547     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(98)00187-3     Document Type: Article

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