Ultrastructural changes to the tegumental system and the gastrodermal cells in adult Fasciola hepatica following in vivo treatment with the experimental fasciolicide, compound alpha

Parasitology

Volumn 136, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 665-680

  McConville, M ^a   Brennan, G P ^a   Flanagan, A ^a   Edgar, H W J ^b   Castillo, R ^c   Hernandez Campos A ^c   Fairweather, I ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Compound alpha; Fasciola hepatica; Liver fluke; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

FASCIOLICIDE; 5 CHLORO 2 METHYLTHIO 6 (1 NAPHTHYLOXY) 1H BENZIMIDAZOLE; 5-CHLORO-2-METHYLTHIO-6-(1-NAPHTHYLOXY)-1H-BENZIMIDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATION; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; FEMALE; INTEGUMENT; INTESTINE; MALE; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECRETION; SHEEP; SOMATIC CELL; STRESS; SYNCYTIUM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; DRUG EFFECT; PARASITOLOGY; SHEEP DISEASE; TIME;

FASCIOLA HEPATICA; OVIS ARIES;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; FEMALE; IMIDAZOLES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NAPHTHALENES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67651180922     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182009005678     Document Type: Article

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