The first finding of antibodies to Encephalitozoon cuniculi in cows in Slovakia

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 167-171

  Halanova M ^a   Letkova V ^a   MacAk V ^a   Stefkovic M ^a   Halan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Cattle; Encephalitozoon cuniculi; IFAT; Microsporidia; Protozoa

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CATTLE; ENCEPHALITOZOON; FEMALE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SLOVAKIA;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENCEPHALITOZOONOSIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; PREGNANCY; SLOVAKIA; VERO CELLS;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; MICROSPORIDIA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0344267677     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(99)00008-4     Document Type: Article

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