First report of Neospora caninum-associated bovine abortion in Mashhad area, Iran

Parasitology Research

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 755-757

  Razmi, G R ^a   Maleki, M ^a   Farzaneh, N ^a   Talebkhan Garoussi, M ^a   Fallah, A H ^a  

^a FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CYST; BRAIN INFECTION; CATTLE DISEASE; FETUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION;

ABORTED FETUS; ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; IRAN; NEOSPORA;

BOS; BOVINAE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 33846629931     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-006-0325-6     Document Type: Article

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