Current research and future prospects in the development of vaccines against gastrointestinal nematodes in cattle

Expert Review of Vaccines

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 147-157

  Claerebout, Edwin ^a   Knox, David P ^b   Vercruysse, Jozef ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gastroentestinal namatodes; Ruminants; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; CON A GUT PROTEIN VACCINE; CRUDE EXTRACT A VACCINE; CRUDE EXTRACT VACCINE; ES THIOL VACCINE; GLOBIN VACCINE; O GAL GP VACCINE; P CON A AND O GAL GP VACCINE; P CON A GUT PROTEIN VACCINE; S3 THIOL VACCINE; SOMATIC FRACTION B VACCINE; SOMATIC FRACTION C VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACCINE; WHOLE ES VACCINE; WHOLE GUT HOMOGENATE VACCINE;

CATTLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG SCREENING; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFECTION PREVENTION; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; OSTERTAGIA OSTERTAGI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCALE UP;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; EVALUATION STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; IMMUNITY, MUCOSAL; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; OSTERTAGIA; OSTERTAGIASIS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; VACCINATION; VACCINES;

EID: 0038667921     PISSN: 14760584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14760584.2.1.147     Document Type: Review

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