Meningoencephalomyelitis caused by Neospora caninum in a juvenile fallow deer (Dama dama)

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series A: Physiology Pathology Clinical Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 280-283

  Soldati, S ^a   Kiupel, M ^a,b   Wise, A ^a,b   Maes, R ^a,b   Botteron, C ^a   Robert, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE; CERVIDAE; CERVUS DAMA; NEOSPORA CANINUM; PROTOZOA;

PRIMER DNA; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COCCIDIOSIS; DEER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NEOSPORA; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANIMALS, WILD; COCCIDIOSIS; DEER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NEOSPORA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 16544376605     PISSN: 0931184X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0442.2004.00646.x     Document Type: Article

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