Serum antibody responses in pigs trickle-infected with Ascaris and Trichuris: Heritabilities and associations with parasitological findings

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 211, Issue 3-4, 2015, Pages 306-311

  Kringel, Helene ^a   Thamsborg, Stig Milan ^a   Petersen, Heidi Huus ^a   Göring, Harald Heinz Herbert ^b,c   Skallerup, Per ^a   Nejsum, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Heritability; Immunoglobulins; Pig; Worm load

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1 ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2 ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HELMINTH ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS SUUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS BREEDING; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HERITABILITY; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; LARVAL STAGE; MALE; NEMATODE LIFE CYCLE STAGE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE LOAD; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PHENOTYPE; SWINE DISEASE; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS SUIS; ANIMAL; ASCARIS; BLOOD; FECES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PIG; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRICHURIS; VETERINARY;

ASCARIS; ASCARIS SUUM; NEMATODA; SUIDAE; TRICHURIS; TRICHURIS SUIS; VERMES;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS; FECES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PARASITE LOAD; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS;

EID: 84938294090     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2015.06.008     Document Type: Article

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