Postnatal Neospora caninum transmission and transient serologic responses in two dairies

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1669-1676

  Hietala, S K ^a   Thurmond, M C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital transmission; Neospora caninum; Seroepidemiology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATTLE; COLOSTRUM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION RISK; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; DAIRYING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; NEOSPORA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; NEOSPORA CANINUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032753955     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(99)00102-2     Document Type: Article

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