Prevalence of Neospora caninum and Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in wild ruminants from the countryside or captivity in the Czech Republic

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1216-1218

  Bartova, E ^a   Sedlak, K ^b   Pavlik, I ^c   Literak, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

^b Statni veterinarni ustav Praha   (Czech Republic)

^c VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEOSPORA CANINUM ANTIBODY; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY; CAPTIVITY; IMMUNOASSAY; PROTOZOAN; RUMINANT; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY SCREENING; ARTICLE; BOVIDS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVUS NIPPON; CONTROLLED STUDY; CZECH REPUBLIC; DAMA DAMA; DEER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; OVIS MUSIMON; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; RED DEER; REINDEER; SEROPREVALENCE; SHEEP; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; COCCIDIOSIS; CZECH REPUBLIC; DEER; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; NEOSPORA; REINDEER; RUMINANTS; SHEEP DISEASES; SHEEP, DOMESTIC; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE;

CAPREOLUS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; CERVUS NIPPON; DAMA DAMA; NEOSPORA; NEOSPORA CANINUM; OVIS ARIES MUSIMON; RANGIFER TARANDUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 36749046329     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1126R.1     Document Type: Article

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