Molecular frequency and isolation of cyst-forming coccidia from free ranging chickens in Bahia State, Brazil

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 190, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 74-79

  Goncalves I N ^a   Uzeda R S ^a   Lacerda, G A ^a   Moreira, R R N ^a   Araujo F R ^b   Oliveira, R H M ^b   Corbellini, L G ^c   Gondim, L F P ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bioassay; Hammondia spp.; IFAT; Neospora caninum; PCR; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAIN TISSUE; BRAZIL; CHICKEN; COCCIDIAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST; CYST (RESTING STAGE); DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HAMMONDIA HAMMONDI; HEART; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LACAZIA LOBOI; MALE; MOUSE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BRAIN; BRAZIL; CHICKENS; COCCIDIOSIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FECES; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GENOTYPE; HEART; HOST SPECIFICITY; INTERFERON-GAMMA; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEOSPORA; OOCYSTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY DISEASES; SARCOCYSTIDAE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BOS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; COCCIDIA; GALLUS GALLUS; HAMMONDIA; MUS; NEOSPORA CANINUM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 84867139203     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2012.05.007     Document Type: Article

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