Humoral immune response in pregnant heifers inoculated with Neospora caninum tachyzoites by conjunctival route

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 148, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 213-218

  de Yaniz, M G ^a   Moore, D P ^a   Odeon A C ^b   Cano, A ^b   Cano, D B ^b   Leunda, M R ^b   Campero, C M ^b  

^a Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas ^*  (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bovine; Conjunctiva; Humoral immune response; Neospora caninum

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONJUNCTIVA; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GESTATION PERIOD; HEIFER; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; INDIRECT FLUORESCENCE ANTIBODY TEST; INOCULATION; MARE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; TACHYZOITE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; CONJUNCTIVA; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; NEOSPORA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; NEOSPORA CANINUM;

EID: 34547935167     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.06.030     Document Type: Article

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