Immunohistochemical detection of Tritrichomonas foetus in experimentally infected mice

Pesquisa Veterinaria Brasileira

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 43-46

  Monteavaro, Cristina Esther ^a   Soto, Pedro ^a   Echevarría, Hilda María ^a   Catena, María Del Carmen ^a   Portiansky, Enrique Leo ^b   Gimeno, Eduardo Juan ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL CENTRO DE LA PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bovine genital trichomoniasis; Immunohistochemistry; Mouse; Tritrichomonas foetus

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; PROTOZOA; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

EID: 0345807612     PISSN: 0100736X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-736X2000000100006     Document Type: Article

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