Use of an immunodominant p17 antigenic fraction of Neospora caninum in detection of antibody response in cattle

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 529-534

  Álvarez García, Gema ^a   López Pérez, Inmaculada ^a   Innes, Elisabeth ^b   Collantes Fernandez, Esther ^a   Fernandez Garcia, Aurora ^a   Gomez Bautista, Mercedes ^a   Ortega Mora, Luis Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibody response; Cattle; Neospora caninum; Western bolt p17

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; NEOSPORA CANINUM;

EID: 33747822271     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762006000500008     Document Type: Article

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