Faecal dry matter, inflammatory cells and antibodies in parasite-resistant sheep challenged with either Trichostrongylus colubriformis or Teladorsagia circumcincta

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 170, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 230-237

  Williams, A R ^a   Palmer, D G ^b   Williams, I H ^a   Vercoe, P E ^a   Karlsson, L J E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diarrhoea; Nematodes; Sheep; Teladorsagia circumcincta; Trichostrongylus colubriformis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 5;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRY WEIGHT; ENTERITIS; FECES ANALYSIS; HOST RESISTANCE; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MIXED INFECTION; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; RUMINANT STOMACH; SHEEP DISEASE; TELADORSAGIA CIRCUMCINCTA; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS COLUBRIFORMIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; MALE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRICHOSTRONGYLOIDEA; TRICHOSTRONGYLOIDIASIS;

NEMATODA; OVIS ARIES; TELA; TELADORSAGIA CIRCUMCINCTA; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS COLUBRIFORMIS;

EID: 77953127204     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.02.033     Document Type: Article

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