Role of endogenous transplacental transmission in toxoplasmosis in sheep

Veterinary Record

Volumn 159, Issue 23, 2006, Pages 768-772

  Rodger, S M ^a   Maley, S W ^a   Wright, S E ^a   Mackellar, A ^a   Wesley, F ^a   Sales, J ^b   Buxton, D ^a  

^a MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b BIOMATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FEMALE; HEART; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MATING; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLACENTA; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; SHEEP DISEASE; SPLEEN; STILLBIRTH; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

OVIS; OVIS ARIES; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 33845532608     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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