Seroprevalence of Neospora caninum in non-carnivorous wildlife from Spain

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-28

  Almeria S ^a   Vidal, D ^b   Ferrer, D ^a   Pabon M ^a   Fernandez de Mera M I G ^b   Ruiz Fons, F ^b   Alzaga, V ^b   Marco, I ^c   Calvete, C ^d   Lavin, S ^c   Gortazar, C ^b   Lopez Gatius F ^e   Dubey, J P ^f  

^a CENTRE DE RECERCA EN SANITAT ANIMAL CRESA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d Agrifood Institute of Aragón IA2   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^f AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

ELISA; IFAT; Neospora caninum; Spain; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL HUNTING; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHAMOIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HARE; IBEX; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MOUFLON; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; RABBIT; RED DEER; SCREENING TEST; SEROPREVALENCE; SHEEP; SPAIN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WILD BOAR; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; COCCIDIOSIS; DEER; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; MALE; NEOSPORA; RABBITS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SPAIN; SUS SCROFA; SWINE DISEASES;

AMMOTRAGUS LERVIA; BOS TAURUS; CAPRA PYRENAICA; CAPREOLUS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; DAMA DAMA; LEPUS; LEPUS GRANATENSIS; NEOSPORA CANINUM; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; OVIS AMMON; OVIS ARIES MUSIMON; RUPICAPRA PYRENAICA; RUPICAPRA RUPICAPRA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33845675819     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.07.027     Document Type: Article

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