Neospora caninum in bovine fetuses of minas gerais, brazil: Genetic characteristics of rDNA;Neospora caninum em fetos bovinos de minas gerais, brasil: Características genéticas do rDNA

Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinaria

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 281-288

  dos Santos, Domingos Sávio ^a   Andrade, Michele Placedino ^b   Varaschin, Mary Suzan ^b   Guimarães, Antônio Marcos ^b   Hirsch, Christian ^b  

^a Instituto de Ensino Superior Presidente Tancredo de Almeida Neves IPTAN   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bovine; Diagnosis; Neospora caninum; PCR; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CATTLE; FETUS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NEOSPORA; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CATTLE; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FETUS; NEOSPORA;

EID: 83455238170     PISSN: 0103846X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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