Detection of specific antibodies to Neospora caninum and Toxoplasma gondii in naturally infected alpacas (Lama pacos), llamas (Lama glama) and vicuñas (Lama vicugna) from Peru and Germany

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 130, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 81-87

  Wolf, D ^a   Schares, G ^b   Cardenas, O ^c   Huanca, W ^d   Cordero, Aida ^e   Bärwald, Andrea ^b   Conraths, F J ^b   Gauly, M ^f   Zahner, H ^a   Bauer, C ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^c National Institute for Agricultural Innovation INIA   (Peru)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS   (Peru)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AGRARIA LA MOLINA   (Peru)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

ELISA; IFAT; Immunoblot; Neospora caninum; South American Camelids; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVALUATION; EXPERIMENT; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOST; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LAMA GLAMA; LAMA PACOS; LAMA VICUGNA; LIFE CYCLE; MALE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; PERINATAL PERIOD; PERU; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SAMPLE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SERUM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALIA; CAMELIDAE; CANIDAE; FELIDAE; LAMA (CAMEL); LAMA GLAMA; LAMA PACOS; NEOSPORA CANINUM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; VICUGNA VICUGNA;

EID: 21044433008     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2005.03.024     Document Type: Article

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