Risk factors associated with neospora caninum seropositivity in sheep from the state of alagoas, in the northeast region of Brazil

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 197-199

  Faria, E B ^a   Cavalcanti, E F T S F ^a   Medeiros, E S ^a   Pinheiro Junior J W ^a   Azevedo, S S ^a,b   Athayde, A C R ^a,b   Mota, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINA GRANDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFECTIVITY; PROTOZOAN; RISK FACTOR; SERUM; SHEEP; WATER TREATMENT; WELL WATER;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL REPRODUCTIVE PROCEDURES; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; DOG; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HERD; INFECTION RISK; MALE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NEOSPOROSIS; NONHUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; WATER SUPPLY; WILD ANIMAL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BRAZIL; COCCIDIOSIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEOSPORA; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; WATER SUPPLY;

ALAGOAS; BRAZIL;

ANIMALIA; NEOSPORA CANINUM; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 77950392827     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-2176.1     Document Type: Article

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