Secondary infection of Nippostrongylus brasiliensis in lactating rats is sensitive to dietary protein content

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 493-499

  Houdijk, Jos G M ^a   Jessop, Neil S ^b   Knox, David P ^c   Kyriazakis, Ilias ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Immunity; Lactating rats; Nippostrongylus brasiliensis; Nutrition; Protein

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HOST; INFECTION; LACTATION; LITTER SIZE; MATING; NEMATODE; NIPPOSTRONGYLUS BRASILIENSIS; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN DIET; PROTEIN INTAKE; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; RAT; ANIMAL; EATING; FECES; IMMUNOLOGY; NEMATODIASIS; NIPPOSTRONGYLUS; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PUERPERAL INFECTION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; NEMATODA; NIPPOSTRONGYLUS BRASILIENSIS;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DIETARY PROTEINS; EATING; FECES; FEMALE; LACTATION; LITTER SIZE; NIPPOSTRONGYLUS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PUERPERAL INFECTION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECURRENCE; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS;

EID: 23044439385     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN20041391     Document Type: Article

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