Serological evidence of Besnoitia spp. infection in Canadian wild ruminants and strong cross-reaction between Besnoitia besnoiti and Besnoitia tarandi

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 190, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 19-28

  Gutiérrez Expósito, Daniel ^a   Ortega Mora, Luis Miguel ^a   Gajadhar, Alvin A ^b   García Lunar, Paula ^a   Dubey, Jitender P ^c   Álvarez García, Gema ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Centre for Food Borne and Animal Parasitology   (Canada)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Besnoitia besnoiti; Besnoitia tarandi; Caribou; Cattle; Indirect immnofluorescent antibody test; Western blot

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BESNOITIA BESNOITI; BESNOITIA TARANDI; BESNOITIOSIS; BUFFALO; CANADA; COCCIDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MOOSE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PREVALENCE; REINDEER; SEROLOGY; TACHYZOITE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; UNGULATE DISEASE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BISON; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CANADA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; CROSS REACTIONS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; IMMUNE SERA; RABBITS; REINDEER; RUMINANTS; SARCOCYSTIDAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ALCES ALCES; BESNOITIA; BESNOITIA BESNOITI; BESNOITIA TARANDI; BISON; BISON BISON; BOS; BOVINAE; CERVUS CANADENSIS; NEOSPORA CANINUM; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; OVIBOS MOSCHATUS; OVIBOS MOSCHATUS MOSCHATUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 84867143832     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2012.06.017     Document Type: Article

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