Passive transfer of Theileria equi antibodies to neonate foals of immune tolerant mares

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 80-85

  Kumar, Sanjay ^a   Kumar, Rajender ^a   Gupta, A K ^a   Dwivedi, S K ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE ON EQUINES   (India)

Author keywords

Babesia equi; Dot ELISA; Foals; Maternal antibodies; Passive immunity; PCR; Theileria equi

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONKEY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOAL; HORSE DISEASE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; MARE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THEILERIA; THEILERIA EQUI;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; COLOSTRUM; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EQUIDAE; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; IMMUNITY, MATERNALLY-ACQUIRED; MILK; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; THEILERIA; THEILERIASIS;

BABESIA EQUI; EQUIDAE; EQUUS ASINUS; IXODIDA; THEILERIA EQUI;

EID: 37749003201     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.10.001     Document Type: Article

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