Seroprevalence of antibodies to Neospora caninum in urban and rural dogs in north-west Italy

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 54, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 135-139

  Ferroglio, E ^a   Pasino, M ^a   Ronco, F ^a   Bena A ^a   Trisciuoglio, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

N. caninum agglutination test; Neospora caninum; Rural dogs; Seroprevalence; Shepherd dogs; Urban dogs

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COCCIDIOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; DOG DISEASE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; ITALY; MALE; NEOSPORA; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; COCCIDIOSIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; ITALY; MALE; NEOSPORA; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; URBAN POPULATION; ZOONOSES;

BOS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; MAMMALIA; NEOSPORA; NEOSPORA CANINUM;

EID: 34247395420     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2007.01033.x     Document Type: Article

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