Fecundity in adult Haemonchus contortus parasites is correlated with abomasal tissue eosinophils and gamma-delta T cells in resistant Canaria Hair Breed sheep

Title: Fecundity in adult Haemonchus contortus parasites is correlated with abomasal tissue eosinophils and gamma-delta T cells in resistant Canaria Hair Breed sheep
Creator: Gonzalez, Jorge; Hernandez, Alvaro; Meeusen, Els; Rodríguez, Francisco; Molina, Jose; Jaber, Jose; Raadsma, Herman; Piedrafita, David
Date: 2011
Type: Text; Journal article
Identifier: http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/70364
Identifier: vital:6592
Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.01.005
Identifier: ISSN:0304-4017
Abstract: Canaria Hair Breed (CHB) sheep are more resistant than Canaria sheep (CS) to experimental Haemonchus contortus infection. Protective responses appear effective against the adult stage of the parasite, not as commonly reported in other breeds against the larval stages. In this study we have quantified several abomasal immune cells and correlated these with parasitological variables for each breed. A significant negative correlation between CD4+ T cell numbers and worm burden or length at 28 dpi was seen only in CS sheep. Significant negative correlations for both abomasal eosinophils and
Relation: Veterinary Parasitology Vol. 178, no. 3-4 (2011), p. 286-292
Rights: Copyright Elsevier
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Subject: Sheep-nematoda; Resistance; Haemonchus contortus; Canaria Hair Breed; Breed-effect
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