The host-parasite relationship in pregnant cattle infected with Neospora caninum

Parasitology

Volumn 134, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 1903-1910

  Innes, Elisabeth A ^a  

^a MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cattle; Immune response; Neospora caninum; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 4;

CATTLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GESTATION PERIOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; INFECTION RISK; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITEMIA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TH1 CELL; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; NEOSPORA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC;

BOS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; NEOSPORA; NEOSPORA CANINUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 35548978109     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182007000194     Document Type: Conference Paper

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