Article
Immunohistochemical study of the local immune response in lambs experimentally infected with Dicrocoelium dendriticum (Digenea).
Parasitology research - 1 Aug 2007
Ferreras-Estrada M Carmen, Campo R, González-Lanza C, Pérez V, García-Marín J F, Manga-González M Y
Abstract excerpt
Phenotypic expression of inflammatory cells in liver and hepatic lymph nodes (HLN) has been examined in lambs experimentally infected with Dicrocoelium dendriticum using immunohistochemical techniques. Thirty-two lambs, 12 infected with 1,000 D. dendriticum metacercariae, 12 with 3,000, and 8 controls were used. Half the lambs in each group were slaughtered on days 60 and 180 post-infection (p.i.), respectively....
Topics
- Animals
- Animals, Newborn
- Antibodies, Helminth
- Dicrocoeliasis
- Dicrocoelium
- Female
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- Liver
- Lymph Nodes
- Lymphocyte Subsets
- Male
- Phenotype
- Sheep Diseases
- Sheep, Domestic
