Cross-sectional study of serum antibodies against Sarcocystis neurona in cats tested for antibodies against Toxoplasma gondii

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 221, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 511-514

  Rossano, Mary G ^a   Murphy, Alice J ^a   Vrable, Ruth A ^a   Vanzo, Nicole E ^a   Lewis, Stacy K ^a   Sheline, Katherine D ^a   Kaneene, John B ^a   Mansfield, Linda S ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTIS NEURONA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CAT; CAT DISEASE; COCCIDIOSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SARCOCYSTIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOXOPLASMA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MALE; MICHIGAN; PREVALENCE; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 0037103854     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2002.221.511     Document Type: Article

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