Natural Besnoitia besnoiti infections in cattle: Chronology of disease progression

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Gollnick, Nicole S ^a   Scharr, Julia C ^b   Schares, Gereon ^c   Langenmayer, Martin C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Friedrich Loeffler Institut Federal Research Institute for Animal Health Institute of Epidemiology ^*  (Germany)

^c FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute disease; Besnoitia besnoiti; Bovine besnoitiosis; Cattle; Chronic disease; Laminitis; Natural infection

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; BOVINE; CATTLE DISEASE; COCCIDIOSIS; DIPTERA; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARCOCYSTIDAE; SKIN; TIME FACTOR; VETERINARY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; DIPTERA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MICROSCOPY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARCOCYSTIDAE; SKIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84925158090     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12917-015-0344-6     Document Type: Article

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