Neospora caninum and Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in dogs from Durango City, Mexico

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1033-1035

  Dubey, J P ^a   Alvarado Esquivel, C ^a,b,c   Liesenfeld, O ^a,d   Herrera Flores, R G ^a,e,f   Ramirez Sanchez B E ^a,e,f   Gonzalez Herrera A ^a,c,g   Martinez Garcia S A ^a,b,c   Bandini, L A ^a   Kwok, O C H ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD JUÁREZ DEL ESTADO DE DURANGO   (Mexico)

^c Charité Medical School Berlin ^*  (Mexico)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^e Animal Shelter Municipal Office of Public Health and Environment   (Mexico)

^f NONE   (Mexico)

^g Secretary of Health   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; CANID; IMMUNOASSAY; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN; SERUM;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; DOG; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MEXICO; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

DURANGO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NEOSPORA SP.; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 36749036068     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1281R.1     Document Type: Article

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