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15471011

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
Pt 3
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-10-8
pubmed:abstractText
The number of Teladorsagia circumcincta 4th-stage larvae in naturally infected lambs from a single farm varied among lambs and among different years. Within each year the distribution of 4th-stage larvae among lambs was similar to that expected from a negative binomial distribution. The ratio of 4th-stage larvae to adult T. circumcincta was low in two years with a low mean intensity of infection but high in two years with a higher mean intensity of infection. The negative binomial distribution is defined by the mean and by k, a parameter that measures dispersion; k was low when mean infection intensity was low but higher when mean infection intensity was high. As k is an inverse index of overdispersion this indicated that the distribution of 4th-stage larvae was more overdispersed at low levels of infection. In a combined analysis, the number of adult T. circumcincta and the plasma IgA activity against 4th-stage larvae were both associated with increased numbers of 4th-stage larvae. There was a statistical interaction between the number of adults and IgA activity that moderated their combined effect.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0031-1820
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
129
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
363-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
The relationship between IgA activity against 4th-stage larvae and density-dependent effects on the number of 4th-stage larvae of Teladorsagia circumcincta in naturally infected sheep.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Veterinary Clinical Studies, Institute of Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow Veterinary School, Glasgow G61 1QH, Scotland, UK. gvma05@udcf.gla.ac.uk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't