The efficiency of vertical transmission of Neospora caninum in dairy cattle analysed by serological techniques

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 87-98

  Schares, G ^a   Peters, M ^b,c   Wurm, R ^c   Barwald A ^a   J Conraths, F ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c Staatliches V   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abortion; Cattle protozoa; ELISA; Immunoblot; Indirect fluorescent antibody test; Neospora caninum; Vertical transmission

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATTLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FETUS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROPREVALENCE; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; DAIRYING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FETUS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEOSPORA; PEDIGREE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

BOS TAURUS; NEOSPORA CANINUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031791641     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(98)00195-2     Document Type: Article

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