Diagnosis of Sarcocystis cruzi, Neospora caninum, and Toxoplasma gondii infections in cattle

Parasitology Research

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 671-675

  More G ^a   Basso, W ^a   Bacigalupe, D ^a   Venturini, M C ^a   Venturini, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BEEF; BLOOD SAMPLING; CATTLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAPHRAGM; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HEART MUSCLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; PROTOZOON; SARCOCYSTIS CRUZI; SEROLOGY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HEART; NEOSPORA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTOSIS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; BOS; NEOSPORA CANINUM; PROTOZOA; SARCOCYSTIS CRUZI; SARCOCYSTIS SP.; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 39749145731     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-007-0810-6     Document Type: Article

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