Prevalence of Sarcocystis neurona and Neospora spp. infection in horses from Brazil based on presence of serum antibodies to parasite surface antigen

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 155-159

  Hoane, Jessica S ^a   Gennari, Solange M ^b   Dubey, J P ^c   Ribeiro, Márcio G ^d   Borges, Alexandre S ^d   Yai, Lúcia E O ^e   Aguiar, Daniel M ^b   Cavalcante, Guacyara T ^b   Bonesi, Gérson L ^f   Howe, Daniel K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^e CENTRO DE CONTROLE DE ZOONOSES   (Brazil)

^f PECUÁRIA E ABASTECIMENTO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; ELISA; Horses; Neospora spp.; Sarcocystis neurona; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; BRAZIL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; NEOSPORA; NEOSPORA HUGHESI; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SARCOCYSTIS NEURONA; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BRAZIL; COCCIDIOSIS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; NEOSPORA; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTOSIS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; NEOSPORA; NEOSPORA HUGHESI; SARCOCYSTIS NEURONA;

EID: 33244467492     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2005.10.023     Document Type: Conference Paper

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