Seroprevalence of antibodies to Neospora caninum in dogs from Spain

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1263-1266

  Ortuño, Anna ^a   Castellà, Joaquim ^a   Almería, Sonia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY; CANID; PARASITE PREVALENCE;

AGE; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BREEDING; DOG; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENDER; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFECTION; MALE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL INFECTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROPREVALENCE; SPAIN;

CATALONIA; SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; NEOSPORA CANINUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0036941369     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/0022-3395(2002)088[1263:soatnc]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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