IgG avidity pattern in cattle after ingestion of Neospora caninum oocysts

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 128, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 195-200

  Bjorkman C ^a   Gondim, L F P ^b   Naslund K ^a   Trees, A J ^c   McAllister, M M ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avidity; Cattle; ELISA; Humoral immunity; Neospora caninum; Oocysts

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY CATTLE; DISEASE DURATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FEMALE; INOCULATION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SPECIES COMPARISON; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; NEOSPORA CANINUM;

EID: 14644436318     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2004.11.030     Document Type: Article

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