Isolation of viable Neospora caninum from brains of wild gray wolves (Canis lupus)

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 201, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 150-153

  Dubey, J P ^a   Jenkins, M C ^a   Ferreira, L R ^a   Choudhary, S ^a   Verma, S K ^a   Kwok, O C H ^a   Fetterer, R ^a   Butler, E ^b   Carstensen, M ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioassay; Canis lupus; Gray wolf; Neospora caninum; PCR

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA ISOLATION; MOUSE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NEOSPOROSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE VIABILITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WILD ANIMAL; WOLF;

BOS; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS DINGO; CANIS LATRANS; CANIS LUPUS; MUS; NEOSPORA CANINUM;

BIOASSAY; CANIS LUPUS; GRAY WOLF; NEOSPORA CANINUM; PCR;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BRAIN; COCCIDIOSIS; HEART; MALE; MICE; MINNESOTA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEOSPORA; WOLVES;

EID: 84896723452     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2013.12.032     Document Type: Article

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