Characteristics of Neospora caninum-associated abortion storms in dairy herds in the Netherlands (1995 to 1997)

Theriogenology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 233-245

  Wouda, W ^a   Bartels, C J M ^b   Moen, A R ^a  

^a Animal Health Service Drachten   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Abortion; Bovine; Epidemiology; Neospora caninum; Seroprevalence; Transmission

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ABORTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COCCIDIOSIS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; NEOSPORA; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; PARASITOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SEASON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEROPREVALENCE; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; NEOSPORA; NETHERLANDS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PREVALENCE; SEASONS;

EID: 0033565229     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(99)00125-9     Document Type: Article

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