Investigation of Neospora sp. antibodies in aborted mares from Normandy, France

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 118, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 1-6

  Pitel, Pierre Hugues ^a,d,e   Romand, Stéphane ^b   Pronost, Stéphane ^a   Foucher, Nathalie ^c   Gargala, Gilles ^d   Maillard, Karine ^a   Thulliez, Philippe ^b   Collobert Laugier, Claire ^c   Tainturier, Daniel ^e   Fortier, Guillaume ^a   Ballet, Jean Jacques ^d  

^a Lab Departemental Frank Duncombe   (France)

^b Institut de Puericulture   (France)

^c Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

^d CAEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e LUNAM UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Abortion; France; Horse; Neospora sp.; PCR; Serology

Indexed keywords

DNA; PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ABORTION; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY ISOLATION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN; COCCIDIOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EQUINE VIRAL ARTERITIS VIRUS; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; FETUS HEART; FRANCE; GENETICS; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; NEOSPORA; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PARASITOLOGY; PLACENTA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZATION; REPRODUCTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; EQUIDAE; EQUINE ARTERITIS VIRUS; EQUUS CABALLUS; FASCIOLA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; HEPATICA; NEOSPORA; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NEOSPORA SP.; PROTOZOA;

EID: 10744232298     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2003.10.007     Document Type: Article

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