The Canaria Hair Breed (CHB) sheep is a resistant breed which targets the adult Haemonchus contortus parasitic stage.
Negative correlations between mucosal IgA and adult worms were only detected in CHB sheep not in the susceptible Canaria sheep (CS).
Conversely, a negative correlation between mIgA and larvae was only detected in susceptible CS.
Mucosal IgA may play a differential role in parasite modulation of larval and adult stages in CHB sheep and CS.