The effects of changes in nutritional demand on gastrointestinal parasitism in lactating rats

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 104-110

  Normanton, Heidi ^a   Houdijk, Jos G M ^a   Jessop, Neil S ^b   Knox, Dave P ^c   Kyriazakis, Ilias ^a,d  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Immunity; Lactating rats; Litter size; Nippostrongylus brasiliensis; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LACTATION; LARVA; LITTER SIZE; NIPPOSTRONGYLUS BRASILIENSIS; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PARASITISM; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; RAT; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; COLON; COLON DISEASE; EATING; IMMUNOLOGY; INTESTINE INFECTION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; METABOLISM; NEMATODIASIS; NIPPOSTRONGYLUS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

NIPPOSTRONGYLUS BRASILIENSIS; RATTUS;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; COLON; COLONIC DISEASES; DIET, PROTEIN-RESTRICTED; EATING; FEMALE; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; LACTATION; LITTER SIZE; MATERNAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; MODELS, ANIMAL; NIPPOSTRONGYLUS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS;

EID: 33847152640     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114507205781     Document Type: Article

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