Salivary IgA: A suitable measure of immunity to gastrointestinal nematodes in sheep

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 186, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 109-117

  Shaw, R J ^a   Morris, C A ^b   Wheeler, M ^b   Tate, M ^a   Sutherland, I A ^a  

^a AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

^b RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

IgA; Immunity; Nematodes; Saliva; Sheep

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1 ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; COOPERIA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL NEMATODE; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LARVA; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; OSTERTAGIA; PARASITISM; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SHEEP; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS COLUBRIFORMIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; IMMUNITY, INNATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A, SECRETORY; LARVA; NEMATODA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SALIVA; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SHEEP, DOMESTIC;

ANIMALIA; NEMATODA; OVIS ARIES; TRICHOSTRONGYLIDAE;

EID: 84859157311     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.11.051     Document Type: Article

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