Seroprevalence of Neospora caninum infection in dairy and beef cattle in Spain

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1201-1208

  Quintanilla Gozalo, A ^a   Pereira Bueno, J ^a   Tabares E ^b   Innes, E A ^c   Gonzalez Paniello R ^a   Ortega Mora, L M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beef; Cattle; Dairy; Herd management factors; Neospora caninum; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ABORTION; CATTLE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; CATTLE DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; SEROPREVALENCE; SPAIN;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DAIRYING; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; MALE; NEOSPORA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SPAIN;

SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; MAMMALIA; NEOSPORA CANINUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032849232     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(99)00084-3     Document Type: Article

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