Congenital neosporosis in goats from the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Korean Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 63-67

  Varaschin, Mary S ^a   Hirsch, Christian ^a   Wouters, Flademir ^a   Nakagaki, Karen Y ^a   Guimarães, Antönio M ^a   Santos, Domingos S ^a   Bezerra, Pedro S ^a   Costa, Rafael C ^a   Peconick, Ana P ^a   Langohr, Ingeborg M ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS   (Brazil)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Goat; Histopathology; Neospora caninum; Parasitic infection

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; POLYCLONAL ANTISERUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN NECROSIS; BRAIN STEM; BRAZIL; CEREBELLUM; COLOSTRUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALITIS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GLIOSIS; GOAT DISEASE; HERD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KID (GOAT); NEOSPORA CANINUM; NEOSPOROSIS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLACENTA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORENCEPHALY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TISSUE SECTION; VETERINARY ABORTION;

CAPRA HIRCUS; NEOSPORA CANINUM;

EID: 84858967028     PISSN: 00234001     EISSN: 17380006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3347/kjp.2012.50.1.63     Document Type: Article

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