Effects of re-infection with Neospora caninum in bulls on parasite detection in semen and blood and immunological responses

Theriogenology

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 905-911

  Ferre, I ^a   Serrano Martinez E ^a   Martinez A ^b   Osoro, K ^b   Mateos Sanz, A ^a   del Pozo, I ^c   Aduriz, G ^c   Tamargo, C ^b   Hidalgo, C O ^b   Ortega Mora, L M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Servicio Regional de Investigación y Desarrollo Agroalimentario de Asturias   (Spain)

^c NEIKER and a Vaccine producing Commercial Company CZVSL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bioassay; Bull; Immune response; Neospora caninum; Semen

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BLOOD; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COCCIDIOSIS; FEMALE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MOUSE; NEOSPORA; NUDE MOUSE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPERM; TIME;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; IMMUNITY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, NUDE; NEOSPORA; RECURRENCE; SEMEN; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; MUS; NEOSPORA CANINUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 41149132096     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2007.11.006     Document Type: Article

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