Evaluation by different diagnostic techniques of bovine abortion associated with Neospora caninum in Spain

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 111, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 143-152

  Pereira Bueno, J ^a   Quintanilla Gozalo, A ^a   Perez Perez V ^a   Espi Felgueroso, A ^b   Alvarez Garcia G ^c   Collantes Fernandez E ^c   Ortega Mora, Luis M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^b Laboratorio de Sanidad Animal   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abortion; Cattle protozoa; ELISA; Histopathology; IFAT; Immunohistochemistry; Neospora caninum; PCR

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FETUS; FETUS (ANATOMY); GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; SPAIN;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BRAIN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEOSPORA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; SPAIN; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0037434463     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(02)00361-8     Document Type: Article

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