The effect of continuous drug exposure on the immune response to Trichostrongylus colubriformis in sheep

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 261-271

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

^a AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

^b AGRESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Antibody; Benzimidazole; Capsules; Eosinophil; Immunity; Resistance; Trichostrongylus colubriformis

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; LEVAMISOLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LAMB; NONHUMAN; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS COLUBRIFORMIS; WORM INFECTION;

ALBENDAZOLE; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; BENZIMIDAZOLES; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; EOSINOPHILS; FECES; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEVAMISOLE; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TRICHOSTRONGYLOSIS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES; SUS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS COLUBRIFORMIS;

EID: 0032890357     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(98)00220-9     Document Type: Article

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