Resistance to Schistosoma bovis in sheep induced by an experimental Fasciola hepatica infection.
Sheep infected with Fasciola hepatica for 10 wk acquired a substantial level of resistance to challenge with Schistosoma bovis. The worm burden was reduced by 87.2% (P < 0.01) compared with that of a control group. But when sheep primarily were infected with S. bovis and 6 wk later with F. hepatica, no significant reduction in the S. bovis burden was observed.
Rodríguez-Osorio
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Department of Immunology, Instituto López Neyra de Parasitologia, Granada, Spain.
Gómez-García
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V
Rojas-González
J
J
Ramajo-Martín
V
V
Manga-González
M Y
MY
González-Lanza
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C
D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D005211:Fascioliasis / Q000276:immunology / Q000662:veterinary*; D012552:Schistosomiasis / Q000276:immunology / Q000662:veterinary*; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000276:immunology*