Detection of Hammondia heydorni and related coccidia (Neospora caninum and Toxoplasma gondii) in goats slaughtered in Bahia, Brazil

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 162, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 156-159

  Silva, Mariana S A ^a   Uzêda, Rosângela S ^a   Costa, Kattyanne S ^a   Santos, Sara L ^a   Macedo, Alan C C ^a   Abe Sandes, Kiyoko ^b   Gondim, Luis Fernando P ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DA BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Goats; Hammondia heydorni; Neospora caninum; PCR; Toxoplasma gondii; Toxoplasmatinae

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COCCIDIA; COCCIDIAL INFECTION; DNA SEQUENCE; GOAT; HAMMONDIA HEYDORNI; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; COCCIDIOSIS; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; NEOSPORA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CAPRA; CAPRA HIRCUS; COCCIDIA; HAMMONDIA HEYDORNI; NEOSPORA CANINUM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 67349166167     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.02.007     Document Type: Article

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