Neospora caninum infection in a free-ranging raccoon (Procyon lotor) with concurrent canine distemper virus infection

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 960-961

  Lemberger, K Y ^a   Gondim, L F P ^b   Pessier, A P ^a   McAllister, M M ^b   Kinsel, M J ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

VIRUS;

ARTICLE; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CANINE DISTEMPER MORBILLIVIRUS; CEREBELLUM; DNA EXTRACTION; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; EPIDEMIC; HAMMONDIA HEYDORNI; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RACCOON; SEIZURE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CEREBELLUM; COCCIDIOSIS; DISTEMPER; DISTEMPER VIRUS, CANINE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEOSPORA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RACCOONS;

CANINE DISTEMPER VIRUS; HAMMONDIA HEYDORNI; NEOSPORA CANINUM; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 24944525685     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-407R.1     Document Type: Article

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