Effect of CD4+ T lymphocyte depletion on resistance of Gulf Coast Native lambs to Haemonchus contortus infection

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 138, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 240-246

  Pena M T ^a   Miller, J E ^a,b   Horohov, D W ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CD4 Depletion; Haemonchus contortus; Immunity; Sheep

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; HEMATOCRIT; LAMB; LARVA; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE DEPLETION; LYMPHOID CELL; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; MONITORING; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; RANDOMIZATION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ABOMASUM; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FECES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HAEMONCHIASIS; HAEMONCHUS; HEMATOCRIT; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE DEPLETION; MICE; MITOGENS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33646421987     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2005.12.026     Document Type: Article

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