Interpretation of the detection of Sarcocystis neurona antibodies in the serum of young horses

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 95, Issue 2-4, 2001, Pages 187-195

  Cook, A Grimsley ^a   Buechner Maxwell, V ^a   Morrow, J K ^a   Ward, D L ^a   Parker, N A ^a   Dascanio, J J ^a   Ley, W B ^a   Cooper, W ^a  

^a VIRGINIA MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Equine protozoal myeloencephalitis; Foals; Immunoglobulins; Maternal antibodies; Passive transfer; Sarcocystis neurona; Western blot

Indexed keywords

MATERNAL ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; COLOSTRUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FEMALE; HORSE; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SARCOCYSTIS NEURONA; SEROCONVERSION; SEROPREVALENCE; SUCKLING; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; COLOSTRUM; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; IMMUNITY, MATERNALLY-ACQUIRED; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTOSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EQUIDAE; SARCOCYSTIS NEURONA;

EID: 0035952214     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(00)00390-3     Document Type: Article

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