[Phospholipid and fatty acid content of the blood of sheep infected with the nematode Dictyocaulus filaria]. / Fosfolipidy i zhirnokislotnyi sostav krovi ovets, zarazhennykh nematodami Dictyocaulus filaria.

The results of analysis of phospholipids (PL) and fatty acid content in the blood of sheep infected with the nematodes Dictyocaulus filaria are displayed. A significant increase of lysophosphatidylcholine and arachidonic acid as well as a decrease of docozagexaenic acid in PL of infected sheep have been recorded. That points out to structural and functional disorders of cellular membranes during the infection. These disorder could be used as a metabolic criterion to estimate the relationships within the host-parasite system examined.