No evidence for a universal association between variation in faecal egg count for a mixed field-challenge of gastrointestinal parasites and the presence of the Ovar-DQA1 null haplotype in sheep

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 135, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 303-305

  Forrest, R H J ^a   Zhou, H ^b   Fang, Q ^b   Smyth, A ^b   Frampton, C M ^c   Hickford, J G H ^b  

^a EASTERN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Faecal egg count; FEC; Gastrointestinal parasites; Ovar DQA1 null; Ovine MHC

Indexed keywords

HLA DQA1 ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BREED DIFFERENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FECES ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; INFECTION RESISTANCE; MALE; NEMATODIRUS; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; SHEEP; STRONGYLOIDEA; WEANING;

ANIMALS; FECES; HAPLOTYPES; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SHEEP; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRONGYLIDA;

ANIMALIA; NEMATODIRUS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 77952549744     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2009.12.009     Document Type: Article

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