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Differential immune response between fundic and pyloric abomasal regions upon experimental ovine infection with Haemonchus contortus.
Veterinary parasitology - 30 Apr 2012
Muñoz-Guzmán M A, Cuenca-Verde C, Valdivia-Anda G, Cuéllar-Ordaz J A, Alba-Hurtado F
Abstract excerpt
The effect of experimental haemonchosis on the number of tissue eosinophils, plasma cells and lymphocyte subpopulations was evaluated in the fundic abomasal region, the pyloric abomasal region and the abomasal lymph node of Blackbelly lambs, which are resistant to infection, and Columbia lambs, which are susceptible to infection. An increase in the number of tissue eosinophils and CD4+ and WC1(+)γδ T-cells was...
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