The specificity of antibody responses in cattle naturally exposed to Fasciola hepatica

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 121-134

  Ortiz, P L ^a   Claxton, J R ^b   Clarkson, M J ^b   McGarry, J ^c   Williams, D J L ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CAJAMARCA   (Peru)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Veterinary Parasitology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibody responses; Cattle Trematoda; Fasciola hepatica; Peru; Western blots

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; PREVALENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TREMATODE;

ANIMAL; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; IMMUNODOMINANT EPITOPES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

FASCIOLA HEPATICA;

EID: 0034634609     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(00)00360-5     Document Type: Article

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