First isolation of Neospora caninum from an aborted bovine fetus in Spain

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 863-864

  Canada, N ^a   Meireles, C S ^a   Mezo, M ^b   Gonzalez Warleta M ^b   Correia Da Costa, J M ^c   Sreekumar, C ^d   Hill, D E ^d   Miska, K B ^d   Dubey, J P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b Centro de Investigacions Agrarias de Mabegondo   (Spain)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Portugal)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BRAIN HOMOGENATE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; PERITONEUM EXUDATE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARCOMA CELL; SPAIN; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; VERO CELL; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; FEMALE; FETUS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GERBILLINAE; INTERFERON TYPE II; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEOSPORA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 4344657023     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-306     Document Type: Article

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