Intrauterine Neospora caninum inoculation of heifers

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 135, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 197-203

  Serrano, E ^a   Ferre, I ^a   Osoro, K ^b   Aduriz, G ^c   Mateos Sanz, A ^a   Martinez A ^b   Atxaerandio, R ^c   Hidalgo, C O ^b   Ortega Mora, L M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Área de Cultivos Hortofrutícolas y Forestales   (Spain)

^c NEIKER and a Vaccine producing Commercial Company CZVSL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Heifers; Intrauterine inoculation; Neospora caninum; Semen; Transmission

Indexed keywords

DNA; GAMMA INTERFERON;

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; AUTOPSY; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; FEMALE; INOCULATION; LIVER; LUNG; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SEROCONVERSION; UTERUS HORN;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; EMBRYO; FEMALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; INTERFERON TYPE II; NEOSPORA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEMEN;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; NEOSPORA; NEOSPORA CANINUM;

EID: 30944438025     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2005.10.003     Document Type: Article

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