Haemonchus contortus and Trichostrongylus colubriformis did not adapt to long-term exposure to sheep that were genetically resistant or susceptible to nematode infections

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 607-614

  Kemper, K E ^a,c   Elwin, R L ^b   Bishop, S C ^c   Goddard, M E ^a   Woolaston, R R ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coevolution; Faecal worm egg count; Genetic resistance; Haemonchus contortus; Host parasite interaction; Serial passage; Sheep; Trichostrongylus colubriformis

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COEVOLUTION; GENOTYPE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NEMATODE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SELECTION; SHEEP;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BREEDING; FECES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HAEMONCHIASIS; HAEMONCHUS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SHEEP DISEASES; SHEEP, DOMESTIC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRICHOSTRONGYLOSIS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS;

ADAPTATION; AGE; ANIMAL; BREEDING; CLASSIFICATION; DOMESTIC SHEEP; FECES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HAEMONCHOSIS; HAEMONCHUS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; MALE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZATION; SHEEP DISEASE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRICHOSTRONGYLOSIS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; VETERINARY;

EID: 59749094119     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2008.08.013     Document Type: Article

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