Toxocara canis infections in a pig model: Immunological, haematological and blood biochemistry responses

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 73-77

  Sommerfelt, I E ^a,b   Santillan G ^b   Mira, G ^a   Ribicich, M ^a   Betti, A ^a   De Torres, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Administracion Nacional de Laboratorios E Institutos de Salud Dr Carlos G Malbran   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS; VALIDITY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PEPTIDES; SWINE; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA; TOXOCARA CANIS;

EID: 33644779952     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/JOH2005324     Document Type: Article

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