Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum infection in dairy cows in subtropical southern China

Parasitology

Volumn 139, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1425-1428

  Xu, M J ^a   Liu, Q Y ^a,b   Fu, J H ^a,c   Nisbet, A J ^d   Shi, D S ^b   He, X H ^c   Pan, Y ^b,e   Zhou, D H ^a   Song, H Q ^a   Zhu, X Q ^a,f  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b GUANGXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^e GUANGXI VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^f YUNNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; dairy cow; indirect enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA); indirect haemagglutination test (IHA); Neospora caninum; seroprevalence; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ABORTION; ARTICLE; CHINA; DAIRY CATTLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; NEOSPOROSIS; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 84870204620     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182012000728     Document Type: Article

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