Peripheral immune responses in pregnant cattle following Neospora caninum infection

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 219-228

  Rosbottom, A ^a,d   Guy, C S ^a   Gibney, E H ^a   Smith, R F ^b   Valarcher, J F ^c   Taylor, G ^c   Williams, D J L ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^d IVI Animal Health   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cattle; Cytokines; Immune responses; Neospora caninum

Indexed keywords

CD2 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 4; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; CATTLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; INOCULATION; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOSIS; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TACHYZOITE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; COCCIDIOSIS; FEMALE; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-4; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; NEOSPORA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC;

BOS; NEOSPORA CANINUM;

EID: 33947216706     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: 13653024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3024.2007.00936.x     Document Type: Article

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