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The Preparation of Helminth Antigen from Fresh Bunostomum trigonocephalum

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 November 2009

A. M. Dunn
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Edinburgh

Extract

A satisfactory antigen for use in serological studies of nematodiasis in sheep has been prepared from Bunostomum trigonocephalum.

The investigations are outlined and a method for its routine preparation from field material is described.

Type
Research Papers
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1954

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