Evaluation of Neospora caninum and Toxoplasma gondii infections in alpaca (Vicugna pacos) and llama (Lama glama) aborted foetuses from Peru

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 150, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 39-45

  Serrano Martinez E ^a,b   Collantes Fernandez E ^a   Chavez Velasquez A ^b   Rodriguez Bertos A ^a   Casas Astos, E ^b   Risco Castillo, V ^a   Rosadio Alcantara, R ^b   Ortega Mora, L M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS   (Peru)

Author keywords

Abortion; Histopathology; Immunohistochemistry; Neospora caninum; PCR; South American Camelids; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PERU; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ABORTED FETUS; ANIMALS; CAMELIDS, NEW WORLD; COCCIDIOSIS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEOSPORA; PERU; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

CAMELIDAE; LAMA (MAMMAL); LAMA GLAMA; LAMA PACOS; NEOSPORA CANINUM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; VICUGNA PACOS;

EID: 35648934459     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.08.048     Document Type: Article

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