Seroprevalence of Neospora caninum and abortion in dairy cows in northern Spain

Veterinary Record

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 72-75

  Mainar Jaime, R C ^a   Thurmond, M C ^a   Berzal Herranz, B ^a   Hietala, S K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COCCIDIOSIS; DOG; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; NEOSPORA; PARASITOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SPAIN; STATISTICAL MODEL; VETERINARY ABORTION;

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

EID: 0033578117     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.145.3.72     Document Type: Article

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