The effect of corticosteroid treatment on local immune responses, intake and performance in lambs infected with Teladorsagia circumcincta

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 38, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 1717-1728

  Greer, A W ^a   Huntley, J F ^b   Mackellar, A ^b   McAnulty, R W ^a   Jay, N P ^a   Green, R S ^c   Stankiewicz, M ^a   Sykes, A R ^a  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c AGRESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cellular changes; Cost of immunity; Nematoda; Nutrient utilisation; Sheep; Teladorsagia circumcincta; Voluntary feed intake

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A;

ANTIBIOTICS; DISEASE TREATMENT; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NEMATODE; SHEEP; STEROID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FOOD INTAKE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LAMB; LEUKOCYTE; MAST CELL; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PH; TELADORSAGIA CIRCUMCINCTA; WOOL;

ABOMASUM; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANIMALS; DIET; FECES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OSTERTAGIA; OSTERTAGIASIS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SHEEP DISEASES; SHEEP, DOMESTIC;

ANIMALIA; NEMATODA; OVIS ARIES; TELADORSAGIA CIRCUMCINCTA;

EID: 55249107163     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2008.05.010     Document Type: Article

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