Seronegative conversion in four Neospora caninum-infected cows, with a low rate of transplacental transmission

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 131, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 145-150

  Kyaw, T ^a   Suwimonteerabutr, J ^a   Virakul, P ^a   Lohachit, C ^a   Kalpravidh, W ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Cattle; IFA; Immunohistochemistry; Neospora caninum; PCR; Transplacental transmission

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CELL CULTURE; COLOSTRUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITOSIS; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; SEROCONVERSION; SEROLOGY; VERO CELL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEOSPORA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BOS TAURUS; NEOSPORA; NEOSPORA CANINUM;

EID: 20444378897     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2005.04.025     Document Type: Article

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