Optimization of the use of C57BL/6 mice as a laboratory animal model for Neospora caninum vaccine studies

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 145, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 253-259

  Ramamoorthy, S ^a   Duncan, R ^a   Lindsay, D S ^a   Sriranganathan, N ^a  

^a CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

C57BL 6 mouse model; Neospora caninum; Neosporosis

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL VACCINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DRUG EFFICACY; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FETUS; FETUS (ANATOMY); GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LD 50; MATING; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SCORING SYSTEM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TACHYZOITE; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; COCCIDIOSIS; LETHAL DOSE 50; LIVER; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MODELS, ANIMAL; NEOSPORA; PROTOZOAN VACCINES;

ANIMALIA; MUS; NEOSPORA; NEOSPORA CANINUM;

EID: 33947206523     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.12.010     Document Type: Article

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