Maternal and fetal immune responses of cattle inoculated with Neospora caninum at mid-gestation

Journal of Comparative Pathology

Volumn 130, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 81-91

  Bartley, P M ^a   Kirvar, E ^a   Wright, S ^a   Swales, C ^a   Esteban Redondo, I ^a   Buxton, D ^a   Maley, S W ^a   Schock, A ^a   Rae, A G ^a   Hamilton, C ^a   Innes, E A ^a  

^a MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cattle; Immunity in neosporosis; Neospora caninum; Parasitic infection

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CATTLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STIMULATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; FETUS; GESTATION PERIOD; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INOCULATION; LYMPH NODE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; SEROCONVERSION; SEROLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BOS TAURUS; NEOSPORA CANINUM;

EID: 10744222034     PISSN: 00219975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2003.08.003     Document Type: Article

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