Haemonchus contortus: Local and serum antibodies in sheep immunised with irradiated larvae |
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Authors: | W.D. Smith M.G. Christie |
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Affiliation: | Parasitology Department, Animal Diseases Research Association, Moredun Institute, 408 Gilmerton Road, Edinburgh, EH17 7JH, U.K. |
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Abstract: | Smith W. D. and Christie M. G. 1978. Haemonchus contortus: lccal and serum antibodies in sheep immunised with irradiated larvae. International Journal for Parasitology8: 219–223. Two doses of Co60 irradiated Haemonchus contortus protected 9-month-old sheep against a challenge infection of 10,000 normal larvae. This resistance was associated with increased concentrations of IgG antibodies in the serum as well as IgA and IgG antibodies in the abomasal mucosa. |
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Keywords: | sheep irradiated larvae resistance anti-larval antibodies serum abomasal mucosa IgA IgG |
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