Frequency of infection by neospora caninum in wild rodents associated with dairy farms in aguascalientes, Mexico

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 191, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 11-14

  Medina Esparza, L ^a   Macias L ^a   Ramos Parra, M ^a   Morales Salinas, E ^b   Quezada, T ^c   Cruz Vazquez C ^a  

^a Instituto Tecnologico El Llano   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c Autonomous University of Aguascalientes Centro de Ciencias Basicas   (Mexico)

Author keywords

IHC; Mus musculus; Neospora caninum; PCR; Rattus novergicus; Spermophilus variegatus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA DETERMINATION; HEPATITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFECTION RATE; MEXICO; MOUSE; MYOCARDITIS; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NEOSPOROSIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMOPHILUS; SPERMOPHILUS VARIEGATUS; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; COCCIDIOSIS; DAIRYING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEXICO; NEOSPORA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RODENT DISEASES; RODENTIA;

MUS MUSCULUS; NEOSPORA CANINUM; RATTUS; RODENTIA; SPERMOPHILUS VARIEGATUS;

EID: 84869875765     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2012.08.007     Document Type: Article

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