Seroprevalence of Neospora caninum antibodies in cattle and water buffaloes in India

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1374-1377

  Meenakshi, ^a   Sandhu, K S ^a   Ball, M S ^a   Kumar, H ^a   Sharma, S ^a   Sidhu, P K ^a   Sreekumar, C ^a,b   Dubey, J P ^a,c  

^a GURU ANGAD DEV VETERINARY AND ANIMAL SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b MADRAS VETERINARY COLLEGE   (India)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CATTLE; IMMUNOASSAY; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; BUFFALO; CONFERENCE PAPER; DAIRY CATTLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HEIFER; INDIA; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; SEROPREVALENCE;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BUFFALOES; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; INDIA; NEOSPORA; PREGNANCY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; PUNJAB [INDIA]; SOUTH ASIA;

BOS; BUBALUS; NEOSPORA CANINUM;

EID: 38849106952     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1317.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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