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Is there a relationship between haemoglobin genotype and the innate resistance to experimental Haemonchus contortus infection in Merino lambs?
Veterinary parasitology - 1 Aug 1990
Kassai T, Fésüs L, Hendrikx W M, Takáts C, Fok E, Redl P, Takács E, Nilsson P R, van Leeuwen M A, Jansen J
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Responses to a single or repeated infection with 7000 infective larvae of Haemonchus contortus were studied in an experiment using a total of 106 3-month-old lambs with AA, AB or BB haemoglobin (Hb) genotypes. Results were assessed by faecal egg counts, adult worm counts, haematocrit values, haemoglobin concentrations, total serum protein and serum antibody IgG1 and IgA ELISA titres. None of these parameters...
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