Fasciola hepatica: Disruption of spermatogenesis by the fasciolicide compound alpha

Parasitology Research

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 311-323

  McConville, Maeve ^a   Hanna, Robert E B ^b   Brennan, Gerard P ^a   McCoy, Maurice ^b   Edgar, Hillary W J ^b   McConnell, Shirley ^b   Castillo, Rafael ^c   Hernández Campos, Alicia ^c   Fairweather, Ian ^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

[No Author keywords available]

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; BILE DUCT; CELL DEATH; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; HISTOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROSETTE FORMATION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SHEEP; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; DRUG EFFECT; PATHOLOGY; SHEEP DISEASE; TESTIS;

FASCIOLA HEPATICA; OVIS ARIES;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; IMIDAZOLES; MALE; NAPHTHALENES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

EID: 77349099059     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-009-1649-9     Document Type: Article

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