Serological surveillance on South American wild canids for Neospora caninum

Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinaria e Zootecnia

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 444-447

  Melo, C B ^a,c   Leite, R C ^b,c   Leite, F S C ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SERGIPE   (Brazil)

^b UFMG   (Brazil)

^c Bolsista do CNPq   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Crab eating fox; Maned wolf; Neospora caninum

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LIFE CYCLE; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE SERODIAGNOSIS; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SEROLOGY; SOUTH AMERICA; SPOROZOON; WOLF;

CANIDAE; CANIS; CHRYSOCYON BRACHYURUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DUSICYON THOUS; NEOSPORA CANINUM; SPOROZOA;

EID: 3142665148     PISSN: 01020935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-09352002000400018     Document Type: Article

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