Detection of Neospora caninum DNA in semen of experimental infected rams with no evidence of horizontal transmission in ewes

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 197, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 534-542

  Syed Hussain, S S ^a,b   Howe, L ^b   Pomroy, W E ^b   West, D M ^b   Smith, S L ^b   Williamson, N B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

N. caninum; QPCR; Rams; Semen; Serology; Sheep

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA DETERMINATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESTRUS CYCLE; EWE; FEMALE; HORIZONTAL TRANSMISSION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INOCULATION; MALE; MATING; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NEOSPOROSIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIABILITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RAM (SHEEP); SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEROCONVERSION; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SHEEP DISEASE; TACHYZOITE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BOS; IDAS; NEOSPORA CANINUM; OVIS ARIES;

N. CANINUM; QPCR; RAMS; SEMEN; SEROLOGY; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; COCCIDIOSIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; MALE; NEOSPORA; SEMEN; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 84884975133     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2013.06.002     Document Type: Article

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