Serum antibody response of Castellana sheep to Haemonchus contortus infection and challenge: Relationship to abomasal worm burdens

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 281-293

  Gomez Munoz M T ^a   Cuquerella, M ^a   Gomez Iglesias L A ^b   Mendez S ^a   Fernandez Perez F J ^a   De La Fuente, C ^a   Alunda, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Serv Terr de Agric y Ganaderia   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Haemonchus contortus; Immune response; Sheep nematoda; Spain

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PLASMA PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LAMB; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PRIMARY INFECTION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RUMINANT STOMACH; SHEEP; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ABOMASUM; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; BLOOD PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; FEMALE; HAEMONCHIASIS; HAEMONCHUS; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; NEMATODA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0344075963     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(98)00260-X     Document Type: Article

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