Sero-epidemiological survey of Neospora caninum infection in dogs in north-eastern Italy

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 123, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 143-148

  Capelli, Gioia ^a   Nardelli, Stefano ^b   Regalbono, Antonio Frangipane Di ^a   Scala, Antonio ^c   Pietrobelli, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE VENEZIE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dog; Italy; Neospora caninum; Risk factors; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; ITALY; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COCCIDIOSIS; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; NEOSPORA; PARASITOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; NEOSPORA CANINUM; PROTOZOA;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; COCCIDIOSIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; ITALY; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEOSPORA; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 5444235784     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2004.06.012     Document Type: Article

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