Antibodies to Neospora caninum in wild animals from Kenya, East Africa

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 118, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 43-49

  Ferroglio, E ^a   Wambwa, E ^b   Castiello, M ^c,e   Trisciuoglio, A ^a   Prouteau, A ^a   Pradere, E ^a   Ndungu, S ^d   De Meneghi, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b KENYA WILDLIFE SERVICE   (Kenya)

^c Marula Estates Ltd   (Kenya)

^d KENYA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^e PACE Somalia Office   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Kenya; Neospora caninum; Sero prevalence; Wild animals

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

AFRICA; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTIBODY SCREENING; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BUFFALO; CARNIVORA; CHEETAH; COCCIDIOSIS; DILUTION; ELAND; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FELIDAE; FEMALE; HORSE; IMMUNOLOGY; IMPALA; KENYA; LION; MALE; NEOSPORA; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SEROPREVALENCE; SERUM; SERVAL; SPOTTED HYENA; THOMPSON GAZELLE; UNGULATE; WARTHOG; ZEBRA;

ACINONYX JUBATUS; AEPYCEROS MELAMPUS; ANIMALIA; ARTIODACTYLA; BUBALUS; CARNIVORA; CROCUTA CROCUTA; EQUUS; EQUUS BURCHELLII; FELIS; GAZELLA; LEPTAILURUS SERVAL; MAMMALIA; MELAMPUS; NEOSPORA CANINUM; ORYX; PANTHERA; PANTHERA LEO; PANTHERA PARDUS; PHACOCHOERUS AETHIOPICUS; PHACOCHOERUS AFRICANUS; SYNCERUS CAFFER; TAUROTRAGUS; TRAGELAPHUS ORYX; UNGULATA;

EID: 0345118906     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2003.09.006     Document Type: Article

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