Prevalence of antibodies to Encephalitozoon cuniculi in horses from Brazil

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 142, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 380-382

  Goodwin, David ^a   Gennari, Solange M ^b   Howe, Daniel K ^c   Dubey, J P ^d   Zajac, Anne M ^a   Lindsay, David S ^a  

^a VIRGINIA MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agglutination test; Antibody; Encephalitozoon cuniculi; Horse; Indirect immunofluorescent antibody test

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; HORSE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STILLBIRTH;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; BRAZIL; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENCEPHALITOZOONOSIS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 33750980430     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.07.006     Document Type: Article

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