An interlaboratory comparison of immunohistochemistry and PCR methods for detection of Neospora caninum in bovine foetal tissues

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 351-364

  Van Maanen, C ^a   Wouda, W ^a   Schares, G ^b   Von Blumroder D ^b   Conraths, F J ^b   Norton, R ^c   Williams, D J L ^c   Esteban Redondo, I ^d   Innes, E A ^d   Mattsson, J G ^e   Bjorkman C ^e   Fernandez Garcia A ^f   Ortega Mora, L M ^f   Muller N ^g   Sager, H ^g   Hemphill, A ^g  

^a GD ANIMAL HEALTH   (Netherlands)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^c LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^e SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Diagnosis Protozoa; Immunohistochemistry; Multi centre study; Neospora caninum; PCR

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FETUS; FETUS (ANATOMY); IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE HOMOGENATE; TISSUE SECTION; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FETUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORIES; NEOSPORA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BOVINAE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 9644268316     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2004.08.016     Document Type: Article

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