First report of Neospora caninum infection in adult alpacas (Vicugna pacos) and lamas (Lama glama)

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 864-866

  Chavez Velasquez A ^a   Alvarez Garcia G ^b   Collantes Fernandez E ^b   Casas Astos, E ^a   Rosadio Alcantara R ^a   Serrano Martinez E ^a   Ortega Mora, L M ^b  

^a Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos   (Peru)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

NEW RECORD; PARASITE; UNGULATE;

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BOVIDS; COCCIDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DILUTION; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; LAMA GLAMA; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; VICUGNA PACOS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CAMELIDS, NEW WORLD; COCCIDIOSIS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; NEOSPORA; PERU;

PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE; COCCIDIA; LAMA (CAMEL); LAMA GLAMA; NEOSPORA CANINUM; PROTOZOA; UNGULATA;

EID: 4344571588     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-260R     Document Type: Article

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