Vaccination of goats against Haemonchus contortus with a recombinant cysteine protease

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 73, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 95-102

  Muleke, Charles I ^a   Yan, Ruofeng ^a   Sun, Yanming ^a   Zhao, Guangwei ^a   Xu, Lixin ^a   Li, Xiangrui ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Goat; Haemonchus contortus; HC58 DNA vaccine

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS;

EID: 34548425052     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2006.11.006     Document Type: Article

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