Preliminary field trial of a vaccine against coenurosis caused by Taenia multiceps

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 162, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 285-289

  Varcasia, A ^a   Tosciri, G ^a   Coccone, G N Sanna ^a   Pipia, A P ^a   Garippa, G ^a   Scala, A ^a   Damien, V ^b   Vural, G ^c   Gauci, C G ^b   Lightowlers, M W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Veteriner Kontrol ve Arastirma Enstitusu   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Coenurosis; Sardinia; Taenia multiceps; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN; QUIL A; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT TM18 QUIL A HYBRID PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COENUROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ITALY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; SHEEP; TAENIA; TAENIA MULTICEPS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; CESTODE INFECTIONS; HELMINTH PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TAENIA; VACCINES, SYNTHETIC;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CESTODA; OVIS ARIES; TAENIA MULTICEPS; TAENIIDAE;

EID: 67349240737     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.03.008     Document Type: Article

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