Neospora caninum antibodies in wild carnivores from Spain

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 155, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 190-197

  Sobrino, R ^a   Dubey, J P ^b   Pabon M ^c   Linarez, N ^c   Kwok, O C ^b   Millan J ^d   Arnal, M C ^e   Luco, D F ^e   Lopez Gatius F ^f   Thulliez, P ^g   Gortazar C ^a   Almeria S ^c,h  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^g Institut de Puericulture   (France)

^h IRTA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Competitive ELISA; IFAT; NAT; Neospora caninum; Seroprevalence; Spain; Wildlife carnivores

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; CANIS LUPUS; CARNIVORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FELIS SILVESTRIS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENETTA GENETTA; HERPESTES ICHNEUMON; HUMIDITY; LUTRA LUTRA; LYNX PARDINUS; MUSTELA PUTORIUS; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SPAIN; VULPES VULPES;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CARNIVORA; COCCIDIOSIS; FEMALE; MALE; NEOSPORA; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SPAIN;

BOS; CANIDAE; CANIS LUPUS; FELIS SILVESTRIS; GENETTA GENETTA; HERPESTES ICHNEUMON; LUTRA LUTRA; LUTRINAE; LYNX; LYNX PARDINUS; MARTES FOINA; MELES MELES; MUSTELA PUTORIUS; NEOSPORA; NEOSPORA CANINUM; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 47049122956     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.05.009     Document Type: Article

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