Detection of antibody to Toxocara vitulorum perieneteric fluid antigens (Pe) in the colostrum and serum of buffalo calves and cows by Western blotting

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 129, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 119-124

  Ferreira, Fabiano P ^a   Starke Buzetti, Wilma A ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Buffalo; Immunity; Pe antigen; SDS PAGE; Toxocara vitulorum; Western Blot

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; ANTISERUM; HELMINTH ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BUFFALO; COLOSTRUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SUCKLING; TOXOCARA; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BOS TAURUS; BUBALUS; BUBALUS BUBALIS; TOXOCARA VITULORUM;

EID: 16244404580     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2005.01.002     Document Type: Article

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