Neospora species-associated abortion in alpacas (Vicugna pacos) and llamas (Llama glama)

Veterinary Record

Volumn 155, Issue 23, 2004, Pages 748-749

  Serrano Martinez E ^a   Collantes Fernandez E ^b   Rodriguez Bertos A ^b   Casas Astos, E ^a   Alvarez Garcia G ^b   Chavez Velasquez A ^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

PROTOZOAL DNA; RNA 28S;

ABORTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN TISSUE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COCCIDIOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GLIA CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NEOSPORA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES;

ABORTED FETUS; ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CAMELIDS, NEW WORLD; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COCCIDIOSIS; FEMALE; NEOSPORA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC;

ANIMALIA; LAMA (CAMEL); LAMA GLAMA; NEOSPORA;

EID: 4344718469     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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