Experimental neosporosis in pregnant ewes and their offspring

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 647-655

  Mcallister, M M ^a   Mcguire, A M ^a   Jolley, W R ^a   Lindsay, D S ^b   Trees, A J ^c   Stobart, R H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abortion; Experimental; Histology; Histopathology; Immunohistochemistry; Neospora caninum; Neosporosis; Ovine; Sheep; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN; COCCIDIOSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER; LUNG; METHODOLOGY; MYOSITIS; NECROSIS; NEOSPORA; NEWBORN; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BRAIN; COCCIDIOSIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCIDENCE; LIVER; LUNG; MYOSITIS; NECROSIS; NEOSPORA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 0030280754     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030098589603300603     Document Type: Article

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