Finding of Neospora caninum in the wild brown rat (Rattus norvegicus)

Veterinary Research

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 283-290

  Huang, Chiu Chen ^a   Yang, Chen Hsiung ^b   Watanabe, Yuko ^a   Liao, Yung Kung ^c   Ooi, Hong Kean ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Livestock Disease Control Center of Taichung County   (Taiwan)

^c Bur of Anim/Plant Hlth Inspection ^*  (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cattle farm; Natural infection; Neospora caninum; Rat

Indexed keywords

PREDNISOLONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CYST; BRAIN HOMOGENATE; BRAIN TISSUE; CATTLE FARMING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INOCULATION; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; RAT; SEROLOGY; STAINING; WILD SPECIES; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; COCCIDIOSIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED ICR; MICE, NUDE; NEOSPORA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; TOXOPLASMA;

BOS TAURUS; MUS MUSCULUS; NEOSPORA CANINUM; PROTOZOA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 2942672094     PISSN: 09284249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/vetres:2004010     Document Type: Article

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