The effect of vaccinating infection during pregnancy and dietary protein supply on the peri-parturient immune response of sheep to infection with Teladorsagia circumcincta and Trichostrongylus colubriformis larvae

Animal

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 249-260

  Sykes, A R ^a   Xie, H L ^a   Stankiewicz, M ^a   Huntley, J F ^b   Mackellar, A ^b   Sedcole, J R ^a   McAnulty, R W ^a   Green, R ^c  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c AGRESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Immunity; Mucosa; Nematodes; Nutrition; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BIRTH; CELL ACTIVITY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EOSINOPHIL; FECES ANALYSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HELMINTHIASIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION; INFLAMMATORY CELL; INTESTINE; LACTATION; LAMB; LARVA; LEUKOCYTE; MAST CELL; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY CYCLE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHEEP; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS COLUBRIFORMIS; VACCINATION;

NEMATODA; OVIS ARIES; TELADORSAGIA CIRCUMCINCTA; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS COLUBRIFORMIS;

EID: 34248532004     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731107657802     Document Type: Article

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