Time-dependent changes to the tegumental system and gastrodermis of adult Fasciola hepatica following treatment in vivo with triclabendazole in the sheep host

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 174, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 218-227

  Toner, E ^a   Brennan, G P ^a   Hanna, R E B ^b   Edgar, H W ^b   Fairweather, I ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fasciola hepatica; Gastrodermis; In vivo; Liver fluke; Tegument; Time course in sheep host; Transmission electron microscopy; Triclabendazole

Indexed keywords

TRICLABENDAZOLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; CELL SWELLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FASCIOLIASIS; IN VIVO STUDY; METACERCARIA; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PARASITE LOCALIZATION; SHEEP; SYNCYTIUM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; BENZIMIDAZOLES; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; GALLBLADDER; INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM; LIVER; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

FASCIOLA HEPATICA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 77957365169     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.09.008     Document Type: Article

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