Isolation of Neospora caninum from dairy zero grazing cattle in Israel

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 149, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 167-171

  Fish, L ^a   Mazuz, M ^a   Molad, T ^a   Savitsky, I ^a   Shkap, V ^a  

^a KIMRON VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cattle; Cell culture; Isolation; Neospora caninum; Susceptible gerbils

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY CATTLE; DILUTION; DNA EXTRACTION; FETUS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GERBIL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; ISRAEL; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERODIAGNOSIS; TACHYZOITE; VERO CELL;

ABORTED FETUS; ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; DAIRYING; FEMALE; ISRAEL; NEOSPORA;

BOS; GERBILLINAE; MERIONES TRISTRAMI; NEOSPORA CANINUM;

EID: 34848908401     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.08.009     Document Type: Article

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