Detection of Neospora caninum in semen of bulls

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 301-308

  Ortega Mora, Luis Miguel ^a   Ferre, Ignacio ^a   Del Pozo, Itziar ^b   Caetano Da Silva, Andrea ^a,d   Collantes Fernández, Esther ^a   Regidor Cerrillo, Javier ^a   Ugarte Garagalza, Carlos ^c   Aduriz, Gorka ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b NEIKER and a Vaccine producing Commercial Company CZVSL   (Spain)

^c Aberekin Ctro de Inseminacion   (Spain)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bull; Neospora caninum; PCR; Semen; Venereal transmission

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELL FRACTIONATION; COCCIDIOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENETICS; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEOSPORA; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITOLOGY; PARASITOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SPERM;

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; NEOSPORA CANINUM;

EID: 0344154597     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2003.09.015     Document Type: Article

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