Characterizing physiological and genetic differences in the early immune response to Haemonchus contortus in resistant and susceptible sheep

This dissertation compares immune responses of resistant and susceptible sheep to infection with Haemonchus contortus during the peri-parturient period and larval stage of infection. Identification of immunological events resulting in parasite resistance in St. Croix hair sheep may provide better t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bowdridge, Scott Alexander
Other Authors: Animal and Poultry Sciences
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/29372
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-10252009-072131/