Herd-specific and age-specific seroprevalence of Neospora caninum in 14 British dairy herds

Veterinary Record

Volumn 144, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 547-550

  Davison, H C ^a   French, N P ^b   Trees, A J ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COCCIDIOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; NEOSPORA; PARASITOLOGY; PREGNANCY; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; ENGLAND; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; LOGISTIC MODELS; NEOSPORA; PREGNANCY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 0033561866     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.144.20.547     Document Type: Article

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