Haematological measurements and immune response in natural trichostrongylid infection of Polish Wrzosówka sheep selected for consistently low or high egg output

Helminthologia

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 9-16

  Moskwa, B ^a   Cabaj, W ^a   Doligalska, M ^b  

^a W STEFA SKI INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Blood eosinophilia; Con A; Faecal egg count; Gastrointestinal nematodes; IgG; IL 5; LPS; Lymphocyte proliferative response; Selection; Sheep; Total white blood cell count

Indexed keywords

CHABERTIA OVINA; COOPERIA; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; NEMATODA; OESOPHAGOSTOMUM; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; STRONGYLOIDEA;

EID: 0036011982     PISSN: 04406605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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