Effect of anti-thymocyte serum on acquisition of resistance to infestation by Rhipicephalus appendiculatus larvae in rabbits

dc.contributor.authorBinta, M.G.
dc.contributor.authorMushi, E.Z.
dc.contributor.authorRurangirwa, F.R.
dc.contributor.editorVerwoerd, Daniel Wynand
dc.date.accessioned2013-08-29T10:39:23Z
dc.date.available2013-08-29T10:39:23Z
dc.date.created2012
dc.date.issued1996
dc.descriptionThe articles have been scanned in colour with a HP Scanjet 5590; 600dpi. Adobe Acrobat X Pro was used to OCR the text and also for the merging and conversion to the final presentation PDF-format.en
dc.description.abstractAdministration of specific goat anti-thymocyte serum (ATS) to rabbits, prior to a primary infestation by Rhipicephalus appendiculatus larvae, blocked the acquisition of resistance significantly only in the third infestation. The larvae which fed on these rabbits had higher engorgement masses than did those feeding on untreated control rabbits. Also, a higher percentage (92%) of larval ticks fed on these animals than on the controls (88%). ATS also induced a leucopenia due to a lymphopenia in the treated rabbits. It was concluded that a T-cell-dependent component might be involved in acquired resistance to infestation by R. appendiculatus.en
dc.description.librarianmn2013
dc.identifier.citationBinta, MG, Mushi, EZ & Rurangirwa, FR 1996, 'Effect of anti-thymocyte serum on acquisition of resistance to infestation by Rhipicephalus appendiculatus larvae in rabbits’. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, vol. 63, no. 3, pp. 213-216.en
dc.identifier.issn0330-2465
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/22087
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherPublished by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Instituteen
dc.rights© ARC-Onderstepoort (original). © University of Pretoria. Dept of Library Services (digital).en
dc.subjectVeterinary medicineen
dc.subjectAnti-thymocyte serumen
dc.subjectATSen
dc.subjectRabbitsen
dc.subjectResistance to infestationen
dc.subjectRhipicephalus appendiculatusen
dc.subject.lcshVeterinary medicine -- South Africa
dc.titleEffect of anti-thymocyte serum on acquisition of resistance to infestation by Rhipicephalus appendiculatus larvae in rabbitsen
dc.typeArticleen

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