Dermal mast cell counts in F2 Holstein x Gir crossbred cattle artificially infested with the tick Boophilus microplus (Acari: Ixodidae)

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1081, Issue , 2006, Pages 476-478

  Engracia Filho, J R ^a   Bechara, G H ^b   Teodoro, R L ^c  

^a CENTRO UNIVERSITÁRIO BARÃO DE MAUÁ   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cattle tick; Crossbred cattle; Dermal mast cells; Resistance

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; CELL COUNT; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; CROSS BREEDING; DERMIS; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; INFESTATION; LARVA; MAST CELL; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; SKIN BIOPSY;

ACARI; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; BOS TAURUS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE;

EID: 33845697531     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1373.070     Document Type: Conference Paper

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