Evaluation of Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum infections in sheep from Uberlândia, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, by different serological methods

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 175, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 252-259

  Rossi, G F ^a   Cabral, D D ^a   Ribeiro, D P ^a   Pajuaba, A C A M ^a   Correa R R ^a   Moreira, R Q ^a   Mineo, T W P ^a   Mineo, J R ^a   Silva, D A O ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

ELISA; IFAT; Immunoblot; Neospora caninum; Sheep; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY SCREENING; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; MOUSE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NEOSPOROSIS; NONHUMAN; REFERENCE VALUE; SHEEP; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BRAZIL; COCCIDIOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MICE; NEOSPORA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SHEEP, DOMESTIC; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

NEOSPORA CANINUM; OVIS ARIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 78751617972     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.10.017     Document Type: Article

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