Detection of Chlamydophila (Chlamydia) abortus and Toxoplasma gondii in smears from cases of ovine and caprine abortion by the streptavidin-biotin method

Journal of Comparative Pathology

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 257-263

  Szeredi, L ^a   Bacsadi, A ^b  

^a CENTRAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

^b Veterinary Institute of Debrecen   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTIN; FORMALDEHYDE; PARAFFIN; STREPTAVIDIN;

ABORTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA ABORTUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTYLEDON; FETUS; FETUS MEMBRANE; GOAT; HERD; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; SMEAR; SPOROZOON; STAINING; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; EMBRYO MEMBRANE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GOAT DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NECROSIS; PARASITOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SHEEP DISEASE; TOXOPLASMA; VETERINARY ABORTION;

CAPRA; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA ABORTUS; OVIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; EXTRAEMBRYONIC MEMBRANES; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; NECROSIS; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 0036851794     PISSN: 00219975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jcpa.2002.0591     Document Type: Article

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