Serologic study of anti-Neospora caninum antibodies in household dogs and dogs living in dairy and beef cattle farms in Tehran, Iran

Parasitology Research

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1143-1145

  Malmasi, A ^a   Hosseininejad, M ^a   Haddadzadeh, H ^a   Badii, A ^b   Bahonar, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BEEF CATTLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY CATTLE; DOG; FARMING SYSTEM; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IRAN; MALE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES COMPARISON;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; COCCIDIOSIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IRAN; MALE; NEOSPORA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX FACTORS;

BOS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; NEOSPORA CANINUM;

EID: 33847621161     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-006-0385-7     Document Type: Article

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