Expression of acquired immunity to a local isolate of Haemonchus contortus by the Nigerian West African Dwarf goat

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 229-242

  Chiejina, S N ^a   Fakae, B B ^a   Behnke, J M ^b   Nnadi, P A ^a   Musongong, G A ^c   Wakelin, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c Wakwa Regional Centre for Agricultural Research for Development   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Acquired immunity; Haemonchus contortus; Resistant genotypes; West African Dwarf goat

Indexed keywords

FENBENDAZOLE;

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GOAT; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; HEMATOCRIT; IMMUNITY; INOCULATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; WORM EGG; WORM INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; BODY WEIGHT; FECES; FEMALE; FENBENDAZOLE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HAEMONCHIASIS; HAEMONCHUS; HEMATOCRIT; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT;

CAPRA HIRCUS; EOS; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS;

EID: 0037139343     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(01)00636-7     Document Type: Article

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