A mechanistic model of developing immunity to Teladorsagia circumcincta infection in lambs

Parasitology

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 322-332

  Singleton, D R ^a   Stear, M J ^a   Matthews, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

acquired immunity; establishment; faecal egg count; fecundity; IgA; Key wordsTeladorsagia circumcincta; nematode; sheep

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FERTILITY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LAMB; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IMMUNITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; TELADORSAGIA CIRCUMCINCTA;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FECES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SEASONS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TRICHOSTRONGYLOIDEA; TRICHOSTRONGYLOIDIASIS;

OVIS ARIES; TELADORSAGIA CIRCUMCINCTA; VERMES;

EID: 79952899769     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182010001289     Document Type: Article

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