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Role of the bovine immune system and genome in resistance to gastrointestinal nematodes.
Veterinary parasitology - 12 Jul 2001
Gasbarre L C, Leighton E A, Sonstegard T
Abstract excerpt
Gastrointestinal nematode infections of cattle remain a constraint on the efficient raising of cattle on pasture throughout the world. Most of the common genera of parasites found in cattle stimulate an effective level of protective immunity in most animals within the herd after the animals have been on pasture for several months. In contrast, cattle remain susceptible to infection by Ostertagia for many months,...
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