Dietary protein and energy supplies differentially affect resistance to parasites in lactating mammals

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 106, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1207-1215

  Sakkas, Panagiotis ^a   Houdijk, Jos G M ^a   Jones, Leigh A ^a,d   Knox, Dave P ^b   Kyriazakis, Ilias ^a,c,e  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^d AGENCY FOR SCIENCE   (Singapore)

^e NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy intake; Lactation; Nematodes; Protein nutrition; Rats

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CALORIC INTAKE; COLON; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; IMMUNITY; INFECTION RESISTANCE; LACTATION; LITTER SIZE; MICROFILARIA (NEMATODE LARVA); NIPPOSTRONGYLUS BRASILIENSIS; NONHUMAN; PERIPARTURIENT RELAXATION OF IMMUNITY; PROGENY; PROTEIN INTAKE; RAT; REINFECTION; SMALL INTESTINE; WEIGHT GAIN; WORM EGG; WORM INFECTION;

ANIMALS; DIETARY PROTEINS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; LACTATION; NIPPOSTRONGYLUS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; PREGNANCY; RATS; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS;

MAMMALIA; NEMATODA; NIPPOSTRONGYLUS BRASILIENSIS; RATTUS;

EID: 79955666669     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114511001565     Document Type: Article

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