The pathogenesis of neosporosis in pregnant cattle: Inoculation at mid-gestation

Journal of Comparative Pathology

Volumn 129, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 186-195

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

^a MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c Biomathematics and Statistics for Scotland 'BioSS'   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cattle; Neospora caninum; Neosporosis; Parasitic infection; Placenta

Indexed keywords

BOVIDEC; BOVINE DIARRHEA VIRUS VACCINE; DIHYDROSTREPTOMYCIN; LEPTAVOID H; LEPTOSPIRO HARDJO VACCINE; PROTOZOAL DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACCINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BOVINE DIARRHEA VIRUS; CATTLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS OUTCOME; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; INOCULATION; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NEOSPOROSIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PATHOGENESIS; PLACENTA; PLACENTA VILLUS; PREGNANCY; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SERUM; TISSUE NECROSIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; NEOSPORA; NEOSPORA CANINUM;

EID: 10744224799     PISSN: 00219975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9975(03)00032-X     Document Type: Article

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