First serosurvey of Besnoitia spp. infection in wild European ruminants in Spain

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 197, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 557-564

  Gutiérrez Expósito, Daniel ^a   Ortega Mora, Luis M ^a   Marco, Ignasi ^b   Boadella, Mariana ^c   Gortázar, Christian ^c   San Miguel Ayanz, José María ^d   García Lunar, Paula ^a   Lavín, Santiago ^b   Álvarez García, Gema ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^d PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Besnotia spp.; ELISA; Europe; Serosurvey; Spain; Western blot; Wild ruminants

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; PROTEIN G;

ARTICLE; BEEF CATTLE; BESNOITIA; BESNOITIOSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; BOVIDS; CHAMOIS; COCCIDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEER; FEMALE; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; MALE; MOUFLON; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RED DEER; REFERENCE VALUE; ROE DEER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROLOGY; SPAIN; STANDARDIZATION; VALIDATION PROCESS; WILD ANIMAL; ZOONOSIS;

AEPYCEROS MELAMPUS; BESNOITIA; BESNOITIA BESNOITI; BESNOITIA TARANDI; BOS; BOVINAE; CAPREOLUS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS; OVIS ARIES MUSIMON; RANGIFER TARANDUS; RUPICAPRA PYRENAICA; RUPICAPRA RUPICAPRA;

BESNOTIA SPP.; ELISA; EUROPE; SEROSURVEY; SPAIN; WESTERN BLOT; WILD RUMINANTS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; COCCIDIOSIS; RUMINANTS; SARCOCYSTIDAE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SPAIN;

EID: 84884981094     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2013.05.017     Document Type: Article

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