Induction of protective immunity to Trichostrongylus colubriformis in neonatal Merino lambs

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1037-1046

  Emery, D L ^a,b   McClure, S J ^a,b   Davey, R J ^a   Bendixsen, T ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Immunisation; Immunity; Neonates; Sheep; T. colubriformis

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 5; VACCINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; LAMB; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS COLUBRIFORMIS; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TRICHOSTRONGYLOSIS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; VACCINATION; VACCINES, SYNTHETIC;

ANIMALIA; NEMATODA; OVIS ARIES; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS COLUBRIFORMIS;

EID: 0032767913     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(99)00036-3     Document Type: Article

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