Significance of Neospora caninum in British dairy cattle determined by estimation of seroprevalence in normally calving cattle and aborting cattle

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1189-1194

  Davison, H C ^a   Otter, A ^b   Trees, A J ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abortion; Aetiological fraction; BVD; Case control study; Cattle; IBR; Leptospira hardjo; Neospora caninum; Neosporosis

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BOVINE DIARRHEA VIRUS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; SEROPREVALENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS DETECTION;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BOVINE VIRUS DIARRHEA-MUCOSAL DISEASE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; DAIRYING; DIARRHEA VIRUSES, BOVINE VIRAL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 1, BOVINE; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; NEOSPORA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; WALES;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; BOVINE HERPESVIRUS 1; BOVINE RHINOTRACHEITIS VIRUS; BOVINE VIRAL DIARRHEA VIRUS 1; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS SEROVAR HARDJO; NEOSPORA CANINUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032878498     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(99)00094-6     Document Type: Article

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