Failure of dogs to shed oocysts after being fed bovine fetuses naturally infected by Neospora caninum

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 145-152

  Bergeron, Nadia ^a   Fecteau, Gilles ^a   Villeneuve, Alain ^a   Girard, Christiane ^a   Paré, Julie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Biovet   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cattle; Definitive host; Dogs; Neospora caninum

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; FEMALE; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALE; NEOSPORA;

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; NEOSPORA CANINUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0035932941     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(01)00396-X     Document Type: Article

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