Seroprevalence of Neospora caninum in dairy cattle in Bahia, Brazil

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 71-75

  Gondim, L F P ^a   Sartor, I F ^b   Hasegawa, M ^b   Yamane, I ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Cattle; Immunofluorescent antibody technique; Neospora caninum

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CATTLE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; SEROPREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BRAZIL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; LACTATION; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; NEOSPORA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; NEOSPORA CANINUM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0032764738     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(99)00129-6     Document Type: Article

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