Steroid hormones do not reactivate Neospora caninum in ovariectomized mice

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 773-777

  Kobayashi, Atsushi ^a   Katagiri, Seiji ^a   Kimura, Takashi ^a   Ochiai, Kenji ^a   Umemura, Takashi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Estradiol 17 ; Latent infection; Neospora caninum; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

NEOSPORA CANINUM;

CORTICOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BLOOD; CERCOPITHECUS; COCCIDIOSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; MOUSE; NEOSPORA; OVARIECTOMY; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE; VERO CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; COCCIDIOSIS; CORTICOSTERONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NEOSPORA; OVARIECTOMY; PROGESTERONE; RECURRENCE; VERO CELLS;

EID: 0036717373     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.64.773     Document Type: Article

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