A transversal study on antibodies against selected pathogens in dromedary camels in the Canary Islands, Spain

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 167, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 468-473

  Mentaberre, Gregorio ^a   Gutiérrez, Carlos ^b   Rodríguez, Noé F ^c   Joseph, Sunitha ^d   González Barrio, David ^e   Cabezón, Oscar ^a,f   de la Fuente, José ^e,g   Gortazar, Christian ^e   Boadella, Mariana ^e  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^c Bolivar State University   (Ecuador)

^d CENTRAL VETERINARY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United Arab Emirates)

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

^f CENTRE DE RECERCA EN SANITAT ANIMAL CRESA   (Spain)

^g OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Dromedary camel; Parasite; Serosurvey; Virus

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BACTERIAL DNA;

ANAPLASMA; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; BOVINE VIRAL DIARRHEA VIRUS; BRUCELLA; CAMELPOX VIRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; DROMEDARY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY TEST KIT; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PESTE DES PETITS RUMINANTS VIRUS; PESTIVIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RIFT VALLEY FEVER BUNYAVIRUS; SPAIN; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; VIRUS NEUTRALIZATION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANAPLASMA; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BLUETONGUE VIRUS; BOVINAE; BRUCELLA SP.; CAMELIDAE; CAMELPOX VIRUS; CAMELUS DROMEDARIUS; COXIELLA BURNETII; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS COMPLEX; NEOSPORA CANINUM; PESTE-DES-PETITS-RUMINANTS VIRUS; RICKETTSIA SP.; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

BACTERIA; DROMEDARY CAMEL; PARASITE; SEROSURVEY; VIRUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CAMELS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; MALE; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SPAIN; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 84888037656     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2013.07.029     Document Type: Article

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