Resistance of Santa Ines and crossbred ewes to naturally acquired gastrointestinal nematode infections

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 165, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 273-280

  Amarante, A F T ^a   Susin, I ^b   Rocha, R A ^a   Silva, M B ^a   Mendes, C Q ^b   Pires, A V ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Genetic resistance; Haemonchus; IgG; Immune response; Immunoglobulins; Trichostrongylus

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PARASITE ANTIGEN; RAIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CELL VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS BREEDING; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EWE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HAEMONCHOSIS; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INFECTION RISK; LARVA; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; SHEEP DISEASE; TRICHOSTRONGYLOSIS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS COLUBRIFORMIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HEMATOCRIT; IMMUNITY, INNATE; LARVA; MALE; NEMATODA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; HAEMONCHUS; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; NEMATODA; OVIS ARIES; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS COLUBRIFORMIS;

EID: 70349780418     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.07.009     Document Type: Article

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