Field vaccination of sheep with a larval-specific antigen of the gastrointestinal nematode, Haemonchus contortus, confers significant protection against an experimental challenge infection

Vaccine

Volumn 30, Issue 50, 2012, Pages 7199-7204

  Piedrafita, D P ^a   de Veer, M J ^a   Sherrard, J ^a   Kraska, T ^a   Elhay, M ^b   Meeusen, E N ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Field trial; Gastrointestinal nematodes; Helminth vaccine; Parasites

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAEMONCHOSIS; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE LOAD; PASTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; VACCINATION; WORM EGG;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; FECES; HAEMONCHIASIS; HAEMONCHUS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; VACCINATION;

EID: 84869878984     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2012.10.019     Document Type: Article

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