Fecundity in adult Haemonchus contortus parasites is correlated with abomasal tissue eosinophils and γδ T cells in resistant Canaria Hair Breed sheep

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 178, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 286-292

  González, Jorge F ^a   Hernández, Álvaro ^a   Meeusen, Els N T ^b   Rodríguez, Francisco ^a   Molina, José M ^a   Jaber, José R ^a   Raadsma, Herman W ^c   Piedrafita, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breed effect; Canaria Hair Breed; Haemonchus contortus; Resistance; Sheep nematoda

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR DELTA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GAMMA CHAIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREED; CANARIA HAIR BREED SHEEP; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; HAEMONCHOSIS; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; INFECTION RESISTANCE; LARVAL STAGE; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MAST CELL; NEMATODE; NEMATODE LIFE CYCLE STAGE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; SHEEP; WORM LENGTH;

ABOMASUM; ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; EOSINOPHILS; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HAEMONCHIASIS; HAEMONCHUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; NEMATODA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 79956278572     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.01.005     Document Type: Article

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