Reactivity against Sarcocystis neurona and Neospora by serum antibodies in healthy French horses from two farms with previous equine protozoal myeloencephalitis-like cases

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-7

  Pitel, P H ^a,b,c   Lindsay, D S ^d   Caure, S ^e   Romand, S ^f   Pronost, S ^a   Gargala, G ^b   Mitchell, S M ^d   Hary, C ^a   Thulliez, P ^f   Fortier, G ^a   Ballet, J J ^b  

^a Frank Duncombe Laboratory   (France)

^b CAEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c LUNAM UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^e Clinique Equine de Livet   (France)

^f Institut de Puericulture   (France)

Author keywords

Agglutination assay; France; Horse; Neospora sp.; Sarcocystis neurona; Serum antibodies

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; HOST; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; MEROZOITE; NEUROSPORA; NONHUMAN; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SARCOCYSTIS NEURONA;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; COCCIDIOSIS; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; NEOSPORA; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTOSIS; TRAVEL;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; NEOSPORA; NEOSPORA SP.; SARCOCYSTIS NEURONA;

EID: 12244264177     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(02)00346-1     Document Type: Article

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