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Changes in adult Nippostrongylus brasiliensis during the development of immunity to this nematode in rats: 2. Total lipids and neutral lipids

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

D. L. Lee
D. L. Lee
Affiliation:
Houghton Poultry Research Station, Houghton, Huntingdon, England
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Summary

The total lipids and the amount of neutral lipids of male and female N. brasiliensis, from 7-day and 15-day infections, have been studied quantitatively. There is an increase in total lipids from 10·9 ± 2 to 15·5 ± 2 % in females and an increase from 8·4 ± 1 to 14·6 ± 2 % in males. In both sexes there is a rise in cholesterol and trigylceride content and a fall in free fatty acid content. These changes are discussed with reference to the development of immunity of the host to this nematode.

I wish to thank Mrs B. Fisher, Mr A. W. Pearson and Mr N. Sykes for assistance during this work. These results form part of a programme of work supported by the A.R.C. while I was at the Molteno Institute, University of Cambridge, and continued at the Houghton Poultry Research Station. I wish to thank Dr P. Tate for accommodation at the Molteno Institute during the early part of this work.

Type
Research Article
Information
Parasitology , Volume 63 , Issue 2 , October 1971 , pp. 271 - 274
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1971

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