Immunoanalysis of three litters born to a Doberman bitch infected with Neospora caninum

Parasitology Research

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 837-846

  Heckeroth, A R ^a   Tenter, A M ^b  

^a Intervet Innovation GmbH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BITCH; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SERODIAGNOSIS; TACHYZOITE; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CARRIER STATE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; COCCIDIOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; MALE; NEOSPORA; PREGNANCY; VERO CELLS;

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; NEOSPORA CANINUM;

EID: 33846603692     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-006-0328-3     Document Type: Article

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