Congenital Neospora caninum infection in dairy cattle and associated calfhood mortality

Canadian Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 133-139

  Paré, Julie ^a   Thurmond, Mark C ^a   Hietala, Sharon K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COCCIDIOSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLOSTRUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOSPORA; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASON; SURVIVAL RATE; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; COHORT STUDIES; COLOSTRUM; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOSPORA; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0030120322     PISSN: 08309000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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