Rapid improvement of immunity to Teladorsagia circumcincta is achieved through a reduction in the demand for protein in lactating ewes

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 219-227

  Houdijk, J G M ^a   Jackson, F ^b   Coop, R L ^b   Kyriazakis, I ^a,c  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Immunity; Lactation; Larval establishment; Protein nutrition; Sheep; Teladorsagia circumcincta; Tissue explants

Indexed keywords

FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LACTATION; PARASITE RESISTANCE; PROTEIN; SHEEP;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EOSINOPHIL; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FOOD INTAKE; IMMUNITY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LACTATION; LARVA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAST CELL; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN INTAKE; RUMINANT STOMACH; SHEEP; TELADORSAGIA CIRCUMCINCTA; WORM INFECTION;

ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; DIETARY PROTEINS; FECES; FEMALE; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; LACTATION; OSTERTAGIA; OSTERTAGIASIS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PEPSINOGEN A; SERUM ALBUMIN; SHEEP DISEASES; SHEEP, DOMESTIC; UREA;

ANIMALIA; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; TELADORSAGIA CIRCUMCINCTA;

EID: 32144461724     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2005.09.014     Document Type: Article

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