Histological and immunohistochemical characterization of the inflammatory and glial cells in the central nervous system of goat fetuses and adult male goats naturally infected with Neospora caninum

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Costa, Rafael Carneiro ^a   Orlando, Débora Ribeiro ^a   Abreu, Camila Costa ^a   Nakagaki, Karen Yumi Ribeiro ^a   Mesquita, Leonardo Pereira ^b   Nascimento, Lismara Castro ^a   Silva, Aline Costa ^a   Maiorka, Paulo César ^b   Peconick, Ana Paula ^a   Raymundo, Djeison Lutier ^a   Varaschin, Mary Suzan ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Abortion; Encephalitis; Neosporosis; PCR

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COCCIDIOSIS; EMBRYOLOGY; GLIA; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; MALE; NEOSPORA; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COCCIDIOSIS; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; MALE; NEOSPORA; NEUROGLIA;

EID: 84965183975     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12917-014-0291-7     Document Type: Article

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