POPULATION-DYNAMICS OF TRICHOSTRONGYLUS-COLUBRIFORMIS IN SHEEP - MODEL TO PREDICT THE WORM POPULATION OVER TIME AS A FUNCTION OF INFECTION-RATE AND HOST AGE

被引:26
作者
DOBSON, RJ
DONALD, AD
BARNES, EH
WALLER, PJ
机构
[1] CSIRO Division of Animal Health, McMaster Laboratory, Glebe, NSW 2037
关键词
acquired immunity; mathematical model; population dynamics; Trichostrongylus colubriformis;
D O I
10.1016/0020-7519(90)90153-E
中图分类号
R38 [医学寄生虫学]; Q [生物科学];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ; 100103 ;
摘要
The developing immunity of sheep to Trichostrongylus colubriformis infections was described by a mathematical function. The rate of adult establishment was assumed to be a measure of the host's acquired immunity to this parasite. Prediction of establishment from infection rate and host age was used to estimate worm burden, worm rejection and arrested development. © 1990.
引用
收藏
页码:365 / 373
页数:9
相关论文
共 24 条
[1]   THE ROLE OF MATHEMATICAL-MODELS IN HELMINTH POPULATION BIOLOGY [J].
ANDERSON, RM .
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY, 1987, 17 (02) :519-529
[3]   PREDICTING POPULATIONS OF TRICHOSTRONGYLUS-COLUBRIFORMIS INFECTIVE LARVAE ON PASTURE FROM METEOROLOGICAL DATA [J].
BARNES, EH ;
DOBSON, RJ ;
DONALD, AD ;
WALLER, PJ .
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY, 1988, 18 (06) :767-774
[4]   POPULATION-DYNAMICS OF TRICHOSTRONGYLUS-COLUBRIFORMIS IN SHEEP - MATHEMATICAL-MODEL OF WORM FECUNDITY [J].
BARNES, EH ;
DOBSON, RJ .
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY, 1990, 20 (03) :375-380
[5]   IMMUNOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF PARASITISM [J].
DINEEN, JK .
NATURE, 1963, 197 (486) :268-&
[6]  
DINEEN JK, 1977, INT J PARASITOL, V7, P211, DOI 10.1016/0020-7519(77)90049-2
[7]   POPULATION-DYNAMICS OF TRICHOSTRONGYLUS-COLUBRIFORMIS IN SHEEP - THE EFFECT OF INFECTION-RATE ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF INFECTIVE LARVAE AND PARASITE FECUNDITY [J].
DOBSON, RJ ;
WALLER, PJ ;
DONALD, AD .
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY, 1990, 20 (03) :347-352
[8]  
DOBSON RJ, 1987, IMA J MATH APPL MED, V4, P279
[9]   POPULATION-DYNAMICS OF TRICHOSTRONGYLUS-COLUBRIFORMIS IN SHEEP - THE EFFECT OF INFECTION-RATE ON LOSS OF ADULT PARASITES [J].
DOBSON, RJ ;
WALLER, PJ ;
DONALD, AD .
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY, 1990, 20 (03) :359-363
[10]   POPULATION-DYNAMICS OF TRICHOSTRONGYLUS-COLUBRIFORMIS IN SHEEP - THE EFFECT OF HOST AGE ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF INFECTIVE LARVAE [J].
DOBSON, RJ ;
WALLER, PJ ;
DONALD, AD .
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY, 1990, 20 (03) :353-357