Canine neosporosis: Clinical signs, diagnosis, treatment and isolation of Neospora caninum in mice and cell culture

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1293-1304

  Dubey, J P ^a   Dorough, K R ^b   Jenkins, M C ^a   Liddell, S ^a   Speer, C A ^c   Kwok, O C H ^a   Shen, S K ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Warner Robins Animal Hospital PC   (United States)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell culture; Clindamycin; Clinical signs; Isolation; Mice; Neospora caninum; Neosporosis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYST; DOG; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOUSE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PARALYSIS; PARASITOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERODIAGNOSIS; TISSUE SECTION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BRAIN; CELL LINE; COCCIDIOSIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEOSPORA; PARALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RABBITS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0031865110     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(98)00099-X     Document Type: Article

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