Vaccination of mice with Neospora caninum: Response to oral challenge with Toxoplasma gondii oocysts

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 311-315

  Lindsay, David S ^a,b   Lenz, Steve D ^a   Dykstra, Christine C ^a   Blagburn, Byron L ^a   Dubey, J P ^a,c  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS REACTION; DOG; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; SURVIVAL; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MICE; NEOSPORA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; VACCINATION;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; MAMMALIA; NEOSPORA CANINUM; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0031968346     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284488     Document Type: Article

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