Comparative evaluation of immunofluorescent antibody and new immunoblot tests for the specific detection of antibodies against Besnoitia besnoiti tachyzoites and bradyzoites in bovine sera

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 171, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 32-40

  Schares, G ^a   Basso, W ^a,b,c   Majzoub, M ^d   Rostaher, A ^d   Scharr, J C ^d   Langenmayer, M C ^d   Selmair, J ^e   Dubey, J P ^f   Cortes, H C ^g   Conraths, F J ^a   Gollnick, N S ^d  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS VETERINARIAS   (Argentina)

^c Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas ^*  (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e Inning am Holz ^*  (Germany)

^f AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Besnoitia besnoiti; Besnoitiosis; Bradyzoite; Cattle; Immuno blot; Immunofluorescent antibody test; Neospora caninum; Tachyzoite

Indexed keywords

MERCAPTOETHANOL; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; BESNOITIOSIS; BRADYZOITE; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTIS CRUZI; SARCOCYSTIS HIRSUTA; SARCOCYSTIS HOMINIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; TACHYZOITE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CARRIER STATE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; FEMALE; GERMANY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; SARCOCYSTIDAE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN DISEASES, PARASITIC;

ANIMALIA; BESNOITIA BESNOITI; BOS; BOVINAE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; PROTOZOA; SARCOCYSTIS CRUZI; SARCOCYSTIS HIRSUTA; SARCOCYSTIS HOMINIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 77953621744     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.03.017     Document Type: Article

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