Fasciola hepatica: Histological changes in the somatic and reproductive tissues of liver fluke following closantel treatment of experimentally-infected sheep

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 215, Issue , 2016, Pages 38-47

  Scarcella, S ^a   Hanna, R E B ^b   Brennan, G P ^c   Solana, H ^a   Fairweather, I ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL CENTRO DE LA PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Closantel in vivo; Fasciola hepatica; Fluke resistance diagnosis; Liver fluke; Post treatment fluke histology; Sheep

Indexed keywords

CLOSANTEL; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; SALICYLANILIDE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIHELMINTHIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG RESPONSE; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; GENITAL SYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE LOCALIZATION; SHEEP; SOMATIC TISSUE; SYNCYTIUM; TEGUMENTAL SYNCYTIUM; TESTIS; TISSUES; UTERUS; ANIMAL; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PARASITOLOGY; SHEEP DISEASES; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VETERINARY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; SALICYLANILIDES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 84958750727     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2015.10.029     Document Type: Article

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