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Class I and class II major histocompatibility complex alleles are associated with faecal egg counts following natural, predominantly Ostertagia circumcincta infection.
Parasitology research - 1 Jan 1996
Buítkamp J, Filmether P, Stear M J, Epplen J T
Abstract excerpt
During a previous investigation an association was found between major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-DRB1 alleles and faecal egg counts following natural infection predominantly involving Ostertagia circumcincta in a flock of Scottish Blackface sheep. To localise the disease-resistance locus we screened the same flock for an MHC class I microsatellite and a newly developed microsatellite for the DY locus...
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