The serum glucose and β-hydroxybutyrate levels in sheep with experimental Fasciola hepatica and Fasciola gigantica infection

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 143, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 287-293

  Phiri, I K ^a   Phiri, A M ^a   Harrison, L J S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hydroxybutyrate; Experimental infection; Fasciola gigantica; Fasciola hepatica; Glucose; Sheep

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; LIVER ENZYME;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FASCIOLA GIGANTICA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; KETOACIDOSIS; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARASITOLOGY; PARASITOSIS; SHEEP; WEIGHT GAIN;

3-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; FASCIOLA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; KETOSIS; LIVER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA; FASCIOLA GIGANTICA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33846327947     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.09.001     Document Type: Article

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