Seroprevalence of antibodies to Encephalitozoon cuniculi in domestic rabbits in the United Kingdom

Veterinary Record

Volumn 158, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 539-544

  Keeble, E J ^a   Shaw, D J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INFECTION RISK; MALE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RABBIT; SEROPREVALENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALIA; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 33645833412     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.158.16.539     Document Type: Article

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