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عنوان مقاله [English]
Objective: To study the humoral immune - responses in sheep experimentally infected with 0. turkestanicum and 
to compare two different antigens in E1ISA test: excretory 
/secretory and somatic. 
Design: Experimental study. Animals: Sixty sheep were divided into four groups : 1) 
15 sheep were infected experimentally with 0. 
turkestanicum, 2) 20 experimentally infected sheep with 
Fasciola gicantica, 3) 20 experimentally infected sheep 
with Echinococcus granulosus 4) 5 non infected lambs - 
control groups. 
Procedure: In this study total antibody response to worm 
extract antigens and to excretory/ secretory products (ES) were determined in 15 Ornithobilharzia turkestanicum 
infected sheep at monthly intervals for 12 months. 
Results: The infection induced an early and relatively 
highly immune-response to adult worm extract This response reached its maximum level at 4 months post 
infection. The response to worm extracts antigens was 
slighthly higher than to ES products . The response against 
ES antigens was started later and remained at its maximum level untile 10 - 12 months after infection. A remarkable level of cross- reactivity was observed when Fasciola gigantica antisera were used .A low degree of cross 
reactivity was found with ES antigens of 0 . 
turkestanicum.There were not any cross reactivity between anti Echinoccucos granolusos sera to both tested 
antigens (ES & worm extract). J.Fac. Vet.Med. Univ. 
Tehran. 60,1:79-86,2005.
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