Serum antibody profile and reproductive performance during two consecutive pregnancies of cows naturally infected with Neospora caninum

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 227-234

  Stenlund, Susanne ^a   Kindahl, Hans ^a   Magnusson, Ulf ^a   Uggla, Arvid ^b   Björkman, Camilla ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Cattle Protozoa; Neospora caninum; Pregnancy; Reproductive performance; Time

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; COW; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; SERODIAGNOSIS; STILLBIRTH;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; NEOSPORA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032779746     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(99)00120-X     Document Type: Article

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