Dose-titration challenge of young pregnant sheep with Neospora caninum tachyzoites

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 164, Issue 2-4, 2009, Pages 183-191

  Weston, J F ^a   Howe, L ^a   Collett, M G ^a   Pattison, R S ^a   Williamson, N B ^a   West, D M ^a   Pomroy, W E ^a   Syed Hussain, S S ^a   Morris, S T ^a   Kenyon, P R ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Abortion; ELISA; IFAT; Neospora caninum; PCR; Sheep

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ABORTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EWE; FEMALE; FETUS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INOCULATION; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NEOSPOROSIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SEROCONVERSION; TACHYZOITE;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; BRAIN; COCCIDIOSIS; FEMALE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; NEOSPORA; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; NEOSPORA CANINUM; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 70249110020     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.05.013     Document Type: Article

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