Reponses of sheep to a vaccination of entodinial or mixed rumen protozoal antigens to reduce rumen protozoal numbers

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 100-109

  Williams, Yvette J ^a   Rea, Suzanne M ^a   Popovski, Sam ^a   Pimm, Carolyn L ^a   Williams, Andrew J ^a   Toovey, Andrew F ^a   Skillman, Lucy C ^a   Wright, André Denis G ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Antigens; Rumen protozoa; Sheep

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LEVAMISOLE; OXFENDAZOLE; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOAL VACCINE; SCANDA; TYLOXAPOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG FORMULATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PROTOZOON; RUMINANT STOMACH; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SHEEP; VACCINATION; WOOL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTIONS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BODY WEIGHT; CILIOPHORA; CILIOPHORA INFECTIONS; EATING; PARASITOLOGY; PROTOZOAN VACCINES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RUMEN; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; VACCINATION; WOOL;

ENTODINIUM; OVIS ARIES; PROTOZOA; TETRAHYMENA CORLISSI;

EID: 37349055706     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114507801553     Document Type: Article

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