Effects of Teladorsagia (Ostertagia) circumcincta infection on lambs selected for high fleece weight

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 165, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 256-264

  Simpson, H V ^a   Przemeck, S M C ^a   Scott, I ^a   Pernthaner, A ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b AGRESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Eosinophils; Parasitism; Pathophysiology; Resilience; Teladorsagia (Ostertagia) circumcincta

Indexed keywords

GASTRIN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; PEPSINOGEN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FECES ANALYSIS; FOOD INTAKE; GASTRIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LAMB; MALE; NONHUMAN; OSTERTAGIA; OSTERTAGIASIS; PHENOTYPE; RUMINANT STOMACH; STOMACH PARIETAL CELL; STOMACH PH; STOMACH SECRETION; TELADORSAGIA CIRCUMCINCTA;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; EATING; EOSINOPHILS; FECES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HAIR; IMMUNITY, INNATE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; OSTERTAGIA; OSTERTAGIASIS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SELECTION, GENETIC; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES; TELADORSAGIA CIRCUMCINCTA;

EID: 70349765531     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.07.030     Document Type: Article

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