Neospora caninum infection in birds: Experimental infections in chicken and embryonated eggs

Parasitology

Volumn 134, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 1931-1939

  Furuta, P I ^a   Mineo, T W P ^a   Carrasco, A O T ^a   Godoy, G S ^a   Pinto, A A ^a   Machado, R Z ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chicken; Dogs; Embryonated eggs; Experimental infections; Laying hens; Neospora caninum

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BIRD; CHICKEN; HEN; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; PARASITE; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKENS; COCCIDIOSIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; FOOD PACKAGING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; NEOSPORA; OVUM; POULTRY DISEASES;

AVES; BOS; BOVINAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA; NEOSPORA CANINUM;

EID: 36049009726     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182007003344     Document Type: Article

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