A pregnant mouse model for bovine Tritrichomonas foetus infection

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 849-864

  Agnew, D W ^a   Corbeil, L B ^a,b   Munson, L ^a   Byrne, B A ^a   Bondurant, R H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle diseases; Disease model; Mice; Pregnancy; Tritrichomonas foetus; Uterus; Vagina

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS; BOVINAE; MUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; TRICHOMONADIDA; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BLOOD; CATTLE; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE; FLAGELLATE INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; TRICHOMONAS FOETUS; UTERUS; UTERUS DISEASE; VAGINA DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CATTLE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MASTIGOPHORA INFECTIONS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, SCID; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS; UTERINE DISEASES; UTERUS; VAGINAL DISEASES;

EID: 58149232550     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: 15442217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1354/vp.45-6-849     Document Type: Article

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