Occasional detection of Neospora caninum DNA in frozen extended semen from naturally infected bulls

Theriogenology

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1329-1336

  Caetano Da Silva, Andrea ^a   Ferre, Ignacio ^a   Collantes Fernández, Esther ^a   Navarro, Vanesa ^a   Aduriz, Gorka ^b   Ugarte Garagalza, Carlos ^c   Ortega Mora, Luis Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

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

^c Aberekin Ctro de Inseminacion   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bull; Frozen extended semen; Neospora caninum; PCR

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COCCIDIOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; NEOSPORA; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SPERM;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; NEOSPORA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMEN; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

BOVINAE; NEOSPORA CANINUM;

EID: 4344622547     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2004.01.010     Document Type: Article

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