Detection of Neospora caninum tachyzoites in canine cerebrospinal fluid

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 410-414

  Gaitero, Lluís ^a   Añor, Sònia ^a   Montoliu, Patrícia ^a   Zamora, Ángeles ^b   Pumarola, Martí ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Institut de Diagnstic per la Imatge (IDI)   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COCCIDIOSIS; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NEOSPORA; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; COCCIDIOSIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; NEOSPORA;

NEOSPORA CANINUM;

EID: 33645582049     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1892/0891-6640(2006)20[410:DONCTI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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