Molecular and immunodiagnostic investigations on bovine neosporosis in Switzerland

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 679-691

  Gottstein, B ^a   Hentrich, B ^a   Wyss, R ^a   Thur B ^b   Busato, A ^a   Stark K D C ^c   Muller N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Abortion; Bovines; ELISA; IFAT; Neospora caninum; Neosporosis; PCR; Toxoplasma gondii; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATTLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOGENICITY; NEOSPORA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROCONVERSION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SWITZERLAND; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BRAIN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; NEOSPORA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; SWITZERLAND;

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; NEOSPORA; NEOSPORA CANINUM; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0032055481     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(98)00006-X     Document Type: Article

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