Studies on the role of the red fox (Vulpes vulpes) as a potential definitive host of Neospora caninum;Untersuchungen zur Rolle des Rotfuchses (Vulpes vulpes) als möglicher Endwirt von Neospora caninum

Berliner und Munchener Tierarztliche Wochenschrift

Volumn 124, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 148-153

  Constantin, Eleonora Maria ^a   Schares, Gereon ^b   Großmann, Ernst ^a   Sauter, Konrad ^a   Romig, Thomas ^c   Hartmann, Susanne ^a  

^a Außenstelle Heidelberg ^*  (Germany)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Neospora caninum; Oocysts; Real time polymerase chain reaction; Sylvatic cycle

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LATRANS; CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; COCCIDIA; HAMMONDIA HEYDORNI; MUS; NEOSPORA CANINUM; PROTOZOA; SUS SCROFA; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

PROTOZOAL DNA; RNA 18S;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; COCCIDIOSIS; DEER; FECES; FOX; GENETICS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOUSE; NEOSPORA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWINE; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; COCCIDIOSIS; DEER; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FECES; FOXES; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MICE; NEOSPORA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 79957980793     PISSN: 00059366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2376/0005-9366-124-148     Document Type: Article

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