Occurrence of Neospora caninum and Toxoplasma gondii infections in ovine and caprine abortions

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 187, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 312-318

  Moreno, B ^a   Collantes Fernandez E ^b   Villa, A ^c   Navarro, A ^c   Regidor Cerrillo, J ^b   Ortega Mora, L M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c Laboratorio Exopol Polígono del Río Gállego D 8   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abortion; Caprine; Neospora caninum; Ovine; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BOVIDS; BRAIN DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FETUS; GOAT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NEOSPOROSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP; SPAIN; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; COCCIDIOSIS; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NEOSPORA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SPAIN; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

BOS; CAPRA; CAPRA HIRCUS; NEOSPORA CANINUM; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 84860676790     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.12.034     Document Type: Article

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