Failure to demonstrate resistance in goats, sheep and cattle to Fasciola hepatica after infection with Cysticercus tenuicollis.
Goats, sheep and cattle given 1000--1500 eggs of Taenia hydatigena and challenged orally 12 weeks later with 400 Fasciola hepatica metacercariae, showed no evidence of resistance. The fluke burdens were not significantly different from those in control animals.
D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000276:immunology*; D003551:Cysticercosis / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005210:Fasciola hepatica; D005211:Fascioliasis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D006041:Goats; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology