The host-parasite relationship in bovine neosporosis

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 108, Issue 1-2 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 29-36

  Innes, Elisabeth A ^a   Wright, Steve ^a   Bartley, Paul ^a   Maley, Stephen ^a   Macaldowie, Colin ^a   Esteban Redondo, Irma ^a   Buxton, David ^a  

^a MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cattle; Immune responses; Neospora caninum; Pathogenesis; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12;

CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; COW; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITOSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PREGNANCY; TH1 CELL; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; DOGS; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MICE; NEOSPORA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PROTOZOAN VACCINES;

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; MURINAE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 24944490057     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2005.07.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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