Disruption of egg formation by Fasciola hepatica following treatment in vivo with triclabendazole in the sheep host

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 177, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 79-89

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

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fasciola hepatica; Histology; In vivo; Liver fluke; Mehlis' gland; Ovary; Time course in sheep host; Transmission electron microscopy; Triclabendazole; Uterus; Vitellaria

Indexed keywords

TRICLABENDAZOLE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; GALLBLADDER; HISTOLOGY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE; SHEEP; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; UTERUS; VITELLINE MEMBRANE; WORM EGG;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; BENZIMIDAZOLES; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; FEMALE; OOGENESIS; OVARY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

FASCIOLA HEPATICA; OVIS ARIES; VITELLARIA;

EID: 79953163548     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.11.032     Document Type: Article

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