Impact of naturally acquired Taenia solium cysticercosis on the hormonal levels of free ranging boars

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 149, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 134-137

  Pena N ^a   Morales, J ^a   Morales Montor, J ^a   Vargas Villavicencio, A ^a   Fleury, A ^b   Zarco, L ^a   de Aluja, A S ^a   Larralde, C ^a   Fragoso, G ^a   Sciutto, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Boars; Cysticercosis; Porcine cysticercosis; Sex steroids; Taenia solium

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; HYDROCORTISONE; PARASITE ANTIBODY; PRASTERONE; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTICERCOSIS; HORMONE RESPONSE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; NONHUMAN; STEROID BLOOD LEVEL; SWINE; TAENIA SOLIUM;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; CYSTICERCOSIS; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; HORMONES; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MEXICO; PILOT PROJECTS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TAENIA SOLIUM; TESTOSTERONE;

MUS; SUIDAE; SUS; TAENIA CRASSICEPS; TAENIA SOLIUM;

EID: 34548585057     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.07.018     Document Type: Article

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