Shedding of Neospora caninum oocysts by dogs fed tissues from naturally infected water buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis) from Brazil

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 124, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 139-150

  Rodrigues, A A R ^a   Gennari, S M ^a   Aguiar, D M ^a   Sreekumar, C ^b   Hill, D E ^b   Miska, K B ^b   Vianna, M C B ^b   Dubey, J P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b U States Department of Agriculture   (United States)

Author keywords

Bubalus bubalis; Dogs; In vitro culture; Isolation; Neospora caninum; Oocyst shedding; Sequence analysis; Water buffaloes; Western blot

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY;

AMPLICON; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BRAIN; BRAZIL; BUFFALO; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GERBIL; MALE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAL INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BRAIN; BRAZIL; BUFFALOES; COCCIDIOSIS; DOGS; FECES; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GERBILLINAE; MALE; MICE; NEOSPORA; OOCYSTS;

BUBALUS; BUBALUS BUBALIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; GERBILLINAE; NEOSPORA CANINUM;

EID: 4644231098     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2004.07.007     Document Type: Article

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