Neospora caninum tachyzoites inoculated by the conjunctival route are not vertically transmitted in pregnant cattle: A descriptive study

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 199, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 1-7

  Moore, D P ^a   Alvarez Garcia G ^b   Chiapparrone, M L ^c   Regidor Cerrillo, J ^b   Lischinsky, L H ^d   de Yaniz, M G ^c   Odeon A C ^d   Ortega Mora, L M ^b   Campero, C M ^d  

^a CP C1033AAJ ^*  (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL CENTRO DE LA PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bovine; Conjunctiva; Neospora caninum; Vertical transmission

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; DNA EXTRACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FETUS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NEOSPOROSIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TACHYZOITE; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BOS; BOVINAE; NEOSPORA; NEOSPORA CANINUM;

BOVINE; CONJUNCTIVA; NEOSPORA CANINUM; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FETUS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; NEOSPORA; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84888339901     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2013.10.006     Document Type: Article

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