Fasciola hepatica: Histology of the testis in egg-producing adults of several laboratory-maintained isolates of flukes grown to maturity in cattle and sheep and in flukes from naturally infected hosts

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 157, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 222-234

  Hanna, R E B ^a   Edgar, H ^a   Moffett, D ^a   McConnell, S ^a   Fairweather, I ^b   Brennan, G P ^b   Trudgett, A ^b   Hoey, E M ^b   Cromie, L ^c   Taylor, S M ^d   Daniel, R ^e  

^a AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c Norbrook Laboratories Limited   (United Kingdom)

^d Vetpar Services   (United Kingdom)

^e Veterinary Laboratory Agency   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aspermy; Fasciola hepatica; Parthenogenesis; Spermatogenesis; Testis histology; Triclabendazole resistant isolates

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG PRODUCTION; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; HISTOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARTHENOGENESIS; SHEEP; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DRUG RESISTANCE; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; FEMALE; MALE; OVUM; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; BOS; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 53049094779     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.07.022     Document Type: Article

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