Immune response and performance of growing Santa Ines lambs to artificial Trichostrongylus colubriformis infections

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 182, Issue 2-4, 2011, Pages 248-258

  Cardia, D F F ^a   Rocha Oliveira, R A ^a   Tsunemi, M H ^a   Amarante, A F T ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Immunity; Lambs; Performance; Santa Ines; Small intestine; Trichostrongylus colubriformis

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EOSINOPHILIA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; INTESTINE; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; INTESTINE ULCER; INTESTINE VILLUS ATROPHY; LAMB; LARVA; MALE; MUCOSA; MUCUS; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; TRICHOSTRONGYLOSIS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS COLUBRIFORMIS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; DUODENUM; EATING; EOSINOPHILS; FECES; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TRICHOSTRONGYLOSIS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS;

ANIMALIA; NEMATODA; OVIS ARIES; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS COLUBRIFORMIS;

EID: 80755140140     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.05.017     Document Type: Article

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