First cross-sectional serological survey on Besnoitia besnoiti in cattle in Italy

Parasitology Research

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1805-1807

  Rinaldi, Laura ^a   Maurelli, Maria Paola ^a   Musella, Vincenzo ^b   Bosco, Antonio ^a   Cortes, Helder ^c   Cringoli, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BESNOITIA BESNOITI ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; BOVINE BESNOITIOSIS; CATTLE FARMING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; ITALY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ITALY; SARCOCYSTIDAE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

ANIMALIA; BESNOITIA BESNOITI; BOS; BOVINAE;

EID: 84876408562     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-012-3241-y     Document Type: Review

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