A POLYGEN(TM)-adjuvanted killed Neospora caninum tachyzoite preparation failed to prevent foetal infection in pregnant cattle following i.v./i.m. experimental tachyzoite challenge

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 985-990

  Andrianarivo, A G ^a   Rowe, J D ^b   Barr, B C ^a   Anderson, M L ^a   Packham, A E ^a   Sverlow, K W ^a   Choromanski, L ^c   Loui, C ^a   Grace, A ^a   Conrad, P A ^a  

^a Immunol   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BAYER CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bovine neosporosis; Foetal infection; Intramuscular experimental challenge; Intravenous experimental challenge; Killed tachyzoite preparation; Neospora caninum; POLYGEN(TM) adjuvant

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2; POLYGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACCINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT; INACTIVATED VACCINE; PROTOZOAL VACCINE; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

CATTLE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; IMMUNIZATION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; INOCULATION; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PROVOCATION TEST; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; CATTLE DISEASE; COCCIDIOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FETUS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; NEOSPORA; PARASITOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZATION; STANDARD; VACCINATION;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESTRUS SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; FETUS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERFERON TYPE II; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; NEOSPORA; PREGNANCY; PROTOZOAN VACCINES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; VACCINATION; VACCINES, INACTIVATED;

EID: 0033624394     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(00)00088-6     Document Type: Article

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