Association between major histocompatibility complex microsatellites, fecal egg count, blood packed cell volume and blood eosinophilia in Pelibuey sheep infected with Haemonchus contortus

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 177, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 339-344

  Figueroa Castillo, Juan Antonio ^a   Medina, Rubén Danilo Méndez ^a   Villalobos, José Manuel Berruecos ^a   Gayosso Vázquez, Amanda ^a   Ulloa Arvízu, Raúl ^a   Rodríguez, Rebeca Acosta ^a   Ramírez, Hugo Pérez ^a   Alonso Morales, Rogelio A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Genetic resistance; Haemonchus contortus; MHC; Microsatellites; Pelibuey sheep

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHILIA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RESISTANCE; GENETIC TRAIT; HAEMONCHOSIS; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; HEMATOCRIT; HOMOZYGOTE; INFECTION RESISTANCE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; MEXICO; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; BLOOD PROTEINS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; DNA; EOSINOPHILIA; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HAEMONCHIASIS; HAEMONCHUS; HEMATOCRIT; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; MEXICO; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 79954581496     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.11.056     Document Type: Article

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