PCR-based identification of Neospora caninum in the umbilical cord of a newborn calf in Brazil

ABSTRACT: This study was conducted at a beef cattle breeding farm in the far southern region of Brazil. The birth of a calf with unilateral corneal opacity was immediately reported to the Laboratory of Parasitology, in the Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; blood was collect...

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Main Authors: Nilton Azevedo da Cunha Filho, Plínio Aguiar de Oliveira, Fernando Caetano de Oliveira, Felipe Geraldo Pappen, Cintia Lidiane Guidotti Aguiar, André Luis Costa-da-Silva, Nara Amélia da Rosa Farias
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
Series:Ciência Rural
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782017000700501&lng=en&tlng=en