In vitro isolation and characterisation of a bovine Neospora species in Japan

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 77-80

  Yamane, I ^a   Kokuho, T ^a   Shimura, K ^a   Eto, M ^a   Shibahara, T ^a   Haritani, M ^a   Ouchi, Y ^b   Sverlow, K ^c   Conrad, P A ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b Kenhoku Livestock Hygiene Center   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CELL LINE; COCCIDIOSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FETUS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HAPLORHINI; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JAPAN; KIDNEY; METHODOLOGY; NEOSPORA; PARASITOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SARCOCYSTIS; TOXOPLASMA; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CELL LINE; COCCIDIOSIS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; FETUS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HAPLORHINI; JAPAN; KIDNEY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEOSPORA; PREGNANCY; SARCOCYSTIS; TOXOPLASMA;

EID: 0031174929     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-5288(97)90162-4     Document Type: Article

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