Survey of Theileria lestoquardi antibodies among Sudanese sheep

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 361-367

  Salih, D A ^a   ElHussein, A M ^a   Hayat, M ^a   Taha, K M ^b  

^a Central Veterinary Research Laboratory Sudan   (Sudan)

^b Atbara Veterinary Research Laboratory   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Antibodies; IFA test; Schizont antigen; Sheep protozoa; Theileria lestoquardi

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; GEOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SAMPLING; SERUM; SHEEP; SUDAN; THEILERIA; THEILERIA LESTOQUARDI;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; PREVALENCE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SUDAN; THEILERIA; THEILERIASIS;

OVIS ARIES; PROTOZOA; THEILERIA; THEILERIA ANNULATA; THEILERIA LESTOQUARDI;

EID: 0037468304     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(02)00389-8     Document Type: Article

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