The Neospora caninum-Spain 7 isolate induces placental damage, fetal death and abortion in cattle when inoculated in early gestation

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 189, Issue 2-4, 2012, Pages 171-181

  Caspe, S G ^a   Moore, D P ^b   Leunda, M R ^a   Cano, D B ^a   Lischinsky, L ^a   Regidor Cerrillo, J ^c   Alvarez Garcia G ^c   Echaide, I G ^a   Bacigalupe, D ^d   Ortega Mora, L M ^c   Odeon A C ^a   Campero, C M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^b Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas ^*  (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS VETERINARIAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bovine neosporosis; Experimental inoculation; Fetopathy; Nc Spain 7; Neospora caninum

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON;

ABORTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FETAL WELL BEING; FETUS; FETUS (ANATOMY); FETUS DEATH; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEIFER; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PLACENTA DISORDER; PLACENTA VILLUS; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TACHYZOITE;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; INTERFERON-GAMMA; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NEOSPORA; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY;

BOS; BOVINAE; NEOSPORA CANINUM;

EID: 84866306553     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2012.04.034     Document Type: Article

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