The intramammary inflammatory response of genetically resistant Merino ewes infected with Haemonchus contortus

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 451-458

  Thamsborg, S M ^a,c   Gray, G D ^a   Gill, H S ^a,b   Burgess, S K ^a   Lea, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Eosinophils; Genetics; Haemonchus; Immunity; Inflammation; Mammary gland; Resistance; Sheep

Indexed keywords

OXFENDAZOLE; PARASITE ANTIGEN; TETRAMISOLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; IMMUNITY; INFLAMMATION; MAMMARY GLAND; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SHEEP; TRICHOSTRONGYLOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; HAEMONCHIASIS; HAEMONCHUS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; INFLAMMATION; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; HAEMONCHUS; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0032931712     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(98)00213-6     Document Type: Article

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