Antibody kinetics in goats and conceptuses naturally infected with Neospora caninum

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 196, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 327-333

  Mesquita, Leonardo P ^a   Nogueira, Clayton I ^a   Costa, Rafael C ^a   Orlando, Débora R ^a   Bruhn, Fábio R P ^a   Lopes, Priscila F R ^a   Nakagaki, Karen Y R ^a   Peconick, Ana P ^a   Seixas, Josilene N ^a   Júnior, Pedro S Bezerra ^a   Raymundo, Djeison L ^a   Varaschin, Mary S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Caprine; IgG antibodies; Neosporosis; Transplacental infection

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1 ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2 ANTIBODY; MATERNAL ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABORTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATION PERIOD; GOAT DISEASE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; KINETICS; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NEOSPOROSIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PREGNANCY DISORDER; SEROLOGY; STILLBIRTH; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

CAPRA; CAPRA HIRCUS; NEOSPORA CANINUM; PROTOZOA;

CAPRINE; IGG ANTIBODIES; NEOSPOROSIS; TRANSPLACENTAL INFECTION;

ABORTED FETUS; ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; COCCIDIOSIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; NEOSPORA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 84881553427     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2013.03.002     Document Type: Article

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