Seroprevalence of Neospora caninum infection in dairy and beef cattle in Paraguay

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 110, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 17-23

  Osawa, Takeshi ^a,d   Wastling, Jonathan ^b   Acosta, Ladislao ^c   Ortellado, Carlos ^c   Ibarra, Julio ^c   Innes, Elisabeth A ^a  

^a MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c Laboratorio de Investigación y Diagnostico Veterinario   (United Kingdom)

^d IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ELISA; Neospora caninum; Paraguay; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BEEF CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY CATTLE; HERD; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PARAGUAY; PARASITOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; SERUM;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; NEOSPORA; PARAGUAY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; NEOSPORA CANINUM;

EID: 0037065226     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(02)00309-6     Document Type: Article

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