Chickens (Gallus domesticus) are natural intermediate hosts of Neospora caninum

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 157-159

  Costa, K S ^a   Santos, S L ^a   Uzeda R S ^a   Pinheiro, A M ^a   Almeida, M A O ^a   Araujo F R ^b   McAllister, M M ^c   Gondim, L F P ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Chicken; Infection; Neospora caninum; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFECTIVITY; INTERMEDIATE HOST; PARASITE PREVALENCE; POULTRY; PROTOZOAN;

AMPLICON; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; BRAZIL; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INTERMEDIATE HOST; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROPREVALENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BASE SEQUENCE; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; BRAZIL; CHICKENS; COCCIDIOSIS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEOSPORA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA; NEOSPORA CANINUM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 37249093186     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2007.10.008     Document Type: Article

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