Occurrence of antibodies to Neospora caninum and Toxoplasma gondii in dogs from Pernambuco, Northeast Brazil

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 157, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 9-13

  Figueredo, Luciana Aguiar ^a   Dantas Torres, Filipe ^b   de Faria, Eduardo Bento ^a   Gondim, Luis Fernando Pita ^c   Simões Mattos, Lucilene ^a   Brandão Filho, Sinval Pinto ^b   Mota, Rinaldo Aparecido ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dog; Neosporosis; Seroepidemiology; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MALE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROPREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BRAZIL; COCCIDIOSIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; NEOSPORA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

BOS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; NEOSPORA CANINUM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 51249115623     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.07.009     Document Type: Article

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