The response of Nigerian West African Dwarf goats to experimental infections with Haemonchus contortus

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 147-158

  Fakae, B B ^a   Chiejina, S N ^a   Behnke, J M ^b   Ezeokonkwo, R C ^a   Nnadi, P A ^a   Onyenwe, W I ^a   Gilbert, F S ^b   Wakelin, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANEMIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHILIA; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; GOAT; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; MALE; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE IMMUNITY; PRIMARY INFECTION; WORM EXPULSION; WORM INFECTION;

EID: 0032900322     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/rvsc.1998.0262     Document Type: Article

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