Nitrogen excretion by the sheep abomasal parasite Teladorsagia circumcincta

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-23

  Simpson, H V ^a   Muhamad, N ^b   Walker, L R ^a   Simcock, D C ^c   Brown, S ^d   Pedley, K C ^c  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK   (Malaysia)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Nematode; Nitrogen excretion; Teladorsagia (Ostertagia) circumcincta

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BUFFER; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATE; UREA;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; LARVA; NEMATODE; NITROGEN URINE LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP DISEASE; TELADORSAGIA CIRCUMCINCTA; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; WORM;

AMINO ACIDS; AMMONIA; ANIMALS; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LARVA; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; SHEEP; TEMPERATURE; TRICHOSTRONGYLOIDEA; UREA; URIC ACID;

OVIS ARIES; TELADORSAGIA CIRCUMCINCTA;

EID: 67949089624     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2009.05.003     Document Type: Article

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