Seroprevalence of Neospora caninum, Toxoplasma gondii and Sarcocystis sp. in llamas (Lama glama) from Jujuy, Argentina

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 155, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 158-160

  More G ^a,c   Pardini, L ^a,c   Basso, W ^a,c   Marin R ^b   Bacigalupe, D ^a   Auad, G ^b   Venturini, L ^a   Venturini, M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^b Government of Jujuy   (Argentina)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Lama glama; Neospora caninum; Sarcocystis sp.; Seroprevalence; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; CANIDAE; CATTLE FARMING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SARCOCYSTIS; SEROPREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; CAMELIDS, NEW WORLD; COCCIDIOSIS; NEOSPORA; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTOSIS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; BOS; CAMELIDAE; CANIDAE; FELIDAE; LAMA (MAMMAL); LAMA GLAMA; NEOSPORA CANINUM; PROTOZOA; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTIS AUCHENIAE; SARCOCYSTIS CRUZI; SARCOCYSTIS SP.; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 45849109152     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.04.003     Document Type: Article

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