Immune response to Haemonchus contortus infection in susceptible (INRA 401) and resistant (Barbados Black Belly) breeds of lambs

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 415-424

  Terefe, G ^a   Lacroux, C ^b   Andreoletti, O ^b   Grisez, C ^b   Prevot, F ^b   Bergeaud, J P ^b   Penicaud, J ^b   Rouillon, V ^b   Gruner, L ^c   Brunel, J C ^c   Francois, D ^c   Bouix, J ^c   Dorchies, P ^b   Jacquiet, P ^b  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Black Belly; Cytokines; Effector cells; Haemonchus contortus; INRA 401; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL; FECES ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LAMB; MALE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TH2 CELL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, INBRED STRAINS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; CYTOKINES; FECES; FEMALE; GASTRIC MUCOSA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAEMONCHIASIS; HAEMONCHUS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PEPSINOGEN A; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SHEEP, DOMESTIC; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS;

HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 34447502055     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: 13653024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3024.2007.00958.x     Document Type: Article

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