Association between the presence of serum antibodies against Neospora spp. and fetal loss in equines

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 142, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 372-375

  Villalobos, Eliana Monteforte Cassaro ^a   Ueno, Tatiana Evelyn Hayama ^c   Souza, Silvio Luis Pereira de ^b   Cunha, Elenice Maria Sequetin ^a   Lara, Maria do Carmo Custódio de Souza Hunold ^a   Gennari, Solange Maria ^b   Soares, Rodrigo Martins ^b  

^a INSTITUTO BIOLÓGICO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c AGÊNCIA PAULISTA DE TECNOLOGIA DOS AGRONEGÓCIOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Equine; Fetal loss; Immunofluorescent antibody test; Neospora spp.; Neosporosis

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; COCCIDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUINE HERPES VIRUS; EQUINE INFECTIOUS ANEMIA VIRUS; FEMALE; FETUS WASTAGE; HORSE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFERTILITY; MALE; NEOSPORA; NONHUMAN; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; REPRODUCTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; COCCIDIOSIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HERPESVIRUS 1, EQUID; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; NEOSPORA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

COCCIDIA; EQUID HERPESVIRUS 1; EQUIDAE; EQUINE INFECTIOUS ANEMIA VIRUS; NEOSPORA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 33751025636     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.07.016     Document Type: Article

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