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Daily changes in serum gastrin and pepsinogen concentration have been studied during two types of infection with Ostertagia ostertagi in calves. In a first experiment two calves were trickle infected (10 times 10,000 L3 Ostertagia) and two animals received a single infection of 100,000 L3 Ostertagia. Gastrin and pepsinogen changes are discussed in relation to adult wormburdens. The second experiment involved 8 calves and was designed to investigate pepsinogen and gastrin changes following a challenge infection in previously sensitized calves. The high dosed group was infected with 5,000 L3 O. ostertagi during 30 days, the low dosed group received 500 L3 O. ostertagi and group 3 served as uninfected control. At day 41 post infection all animals were treated with oxfendazole and on day 61 challenged with 100,000 L3 O. ostertagi. Only in the high dosed group a distinct pepsinogen and gastrin reaction was noticed. Both parameters dropped to almost preinfection levels after treatment. Two days post challenge a moderate rise (+/- 1,000 mU tyr) of the pepsinogen concentration was observed in the previously infected animals and gastrin showed a temporary slight increase in several animals 8 to 10 days post challenge. The effect of treatment and challenge infection is discussed in relation to gastrin and pepsinogen changes and immunity.
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