Gerbil model of acute neosporosis

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 111-114

  Ramamoorthy, Sheela ^a   Sriranganathan, N ^a   Lindsay, David S ^a  

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

Author keywords

Gerbil; Neospora caninum; Pathogenicity

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; GERBIL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INOCULATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NEOSPOROSIS; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PERITONITIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SPLEEN; STOMACH; ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CATTLE; CELL LINE; CERCOPITHECUS; COCCIDIOSIS; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LD 50; NEOSPORA; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; TIME;

GERBILLINAE; MERIONES UNGUICULATUS; NEOSPORA CANINUM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL LINE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; COCCIDIOSIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GERBILLINAE; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; LETHAL DOSE 50; NEOSPORA; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 20344367056     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2004.09.016     Document Type: Article

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