Prevalence of anti-Neospora caninum antibodies in dogs from urban, periurban and rural areas of the city of Uberlândia, Minas Gerais - Brazil

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 123, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 33-40

  Fernandes, B C T M ^a   Gennari, S M ^b   Souza, S L P ^b   Carvalho, J M ^a   Oliveira, W G ^a   Cury, M C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dogs; Neospora caninum; Periurban; Rural; Urban

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; EXPOSURE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; RURAL AREA; SAMPLE; SERUM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URBAN AREA;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BRAZIL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COCCIDIOSIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; MALE; NEOSPORA; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RURAL POPULATION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SUBURBAN POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; NEOSPORA CANINUM;

EID: 3242677817     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2004.05.016     Document Type: Article

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