Influence of the gestational stage on the clinical course, lesional development and parasite distribution in experimental ovine neosporosis

Veterinary Research

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Arranz Solís, David ^a   Benavides, Julio ^b   Regidor Cerrillo, Javier ^a   Fuertes, Miguel ^b   Ferre, Ignacio ^a   Ferreras, Maria Del Carmen ^b   Collantes Fernández, Esther ^a   Hemphill, Andrew ^c   Pérez, Valentín ^b   Ortega Mora, Luis Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Instituto de Ganadería de Montana   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANIMAL; COCCIDIOSIS; FEMALE; FETUS; GENETICS; NEOSPORA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; TIME; TRANSMISSION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; COCCIDIOSIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; FETUS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; NEOSPORA; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84924064514     PISSN: 09284249     EISSN: 12979716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13567-014-0139-y     Document Type: Article

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