Effects of host maturity and prior exposure history on the production of Neospora caninum oocysts by dogs

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 134, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 33-39

  Gondim, L F P ^a,b   McAllister, M M ^a   Gao, L ^a  

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

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dogs; Neospora caninum; Oocysts; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; EXPOSURE; FEEDING; FOOD INTAKE; HOST; MEAL; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRIMARY INFECTION; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; PROVOCATION TEST; REFRACTORY PERIOD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FECES; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; MALE; MEAT; NEOSPORA; OOCYSTS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; NEOSPORA CANINUM;

EID: 27544491682     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2005.06.011     Document Type: Article

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