Bovine abortion associated with Neospora caninum in northern Spain

Veterinary Record

Volumn 144, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 145-150

  Gonzalez L ^a,b   Buxton, D ^b   Atxaerandio, R ^a   Aduriz, G ^a   Maley, S ^b   Marco, J C ^a   Cuervo, L A ^a  

^a NEIKER and a Vaccine producing Commercial Company CZVSL   (Spain)

^b MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COCCIDIOSIS; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NEOSPORA; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; SPAIN; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BRAIN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; FEMALE; NEOSPORA; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; SPAIN;

EID: 0033528175     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.144.6.145     Document Type: Article

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