Nutrition-parasite interactions in goats: Is immunoregulation involved in the control of gastrointestinal nematodes?

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 79-88

  Hoste, H ^a   Torres Acosta, J F J ^b   Aguilar Caballero, A J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Goat; Immune response; Nematode; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GOAT; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOREGULATION; INTESTINE PARASITE; LACTATION; LARVA; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SELF MEDICATION; SHEEP;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

CAPRA HIRCUS; NEMATODA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 38049093955     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: 13653024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3024.2007.00987.x     Document Type: Review

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