Parasitological characteristics and tissue response in the abomasum of sheep infected with Haemonchus spp.

Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinaria e Zootecnia

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 447-452

  Oliveira Sequeira, T C G ^a   Amarante, A F T ^a   Sequeira, J L ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Eosinophil; Globule leukocyte; Haemonchus; Mast cell; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; HAEMONCHUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0034557776     PISSN: 01020935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-09352000000500007     Document Type: Article

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