Field study on nematode resistance in Nelore-breed cattle

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 148, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 272-278

  Bricarello, P A ^a   Zaros, L G ^b   Coutinho, L L ^b   Rocha, R A ^a   Kooyman, F N J ^c   De Vries, E ^c   Goncalves J R S ^b   Lima, L G ^b   Pires, A V ^b   Amarante, A F T ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cattle; Cooperia; Haemonchus; IgE; Nelore breed; Oesophagostomum; Resistance

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PLASMA PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEEF CATTLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY WEIGHT; BREED; CATTLE DISEASE; CATTLE FARMING; COOPERIA; COOPERIA PUNCTATA; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FECES ANALYSIS; HAEMONCHUS; HAEMONCHUS PLACEI; HEMATOCRIT; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; INFECTION RESISTANCE; MALE; NELORE BREED; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IMMUNITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; EOSINOPHILS; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; IMMUNITY, INNATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; NEMATODA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BOS; COOPERIA; COOPERIA PUNCTATA; HAEMONCHUS; HAEMONCHUS PLACEI; NEMATODA; OESOPHAGOSTOMUM;

EID: 34547931632     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.06.013     Document Type: Article

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