Detection of antibodies to Neospora caninum in moose (Alces alces): The first report in Europe

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 34-36

  Moskwa, Bozena ^a   Goździk, Katarzyna ^a   Bień, Justyna ^a   Kornacka, Aleksandra ^a   Cybulska, Aleksandra ^a   Reiterová, Katarína ^b   Cabaj, Władysław ^a  

^a W STEFA SKI INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Apicomplexa; Elk; Poland; Serology; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COCCIDIOSIS; DEER; IMMUNOLOGY; NEOSPORA; PARASITOLOGY;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; COCCIDIOSIS; DEER; NEOSPORA;

EID: 84895142946     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: 18036465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/fp.2014.014     Document Type: Article

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