Neospora caninum NC-6 Argentina induces fetopathy in both serologically positive and negative experimentally inoculated pregnant dams

Parasitology Research

Volumn 112, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2585-2592

  Bacigalupe, D ^a   Basso, W ^b   Caspe, S G ^c   More G ^a,d   Lischinsky, L ^c   Gos, M L ^a   Leunda, M ^c   Campero, L ^a,d   Moore, D P ^c,d   Schares, G ^e   Campero, C M ^c   Venturini, M C ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS VETERINARIAS   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^d Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^e FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; GAMMA INTERFERON;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DISEASE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GESTATION PERIOD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MULTILOCUS MICROSATELLITE ANALYSIS; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TACHYZOITE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CATTLE; COCCIDIOSIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; INTERFERON-GAMMA; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NEOSPORA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC;

ANIMALIA; BOS; NEOSPORA CANINUM;

EID: 84879547118     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-013-3424-1     Document Type: Article

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