Effect of Neospora caninum infection on milk production in first-lactation dairy cows

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 210, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 672-674

  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

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COCCIDIOSIS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; IMMUNOLOGY; LACTATION DISORDER; MILK; NEOSPORA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECRETION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; LACTATION DISORDERS; MILK; NEOSPORA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031091808     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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