Vertical and horizontal transmission of Neospora caninum in dairy herds in Québec

Canadian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 464-469

  Bergeron, Nadia ^b   Fecteau, Gilles ^b   Paré, Julie ^b   Martineau, Roger ^a   Villeneuve, Alain ^b  

^a Clin Veterinaire de Coaticook   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CANADA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COCCIDIOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; NEOSPORA; PARASITOLOGY; PEDIGREE; PREVALENCE; SEROLOGY;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; NEOSPORA; PEDIGREE; PREVALENCE; QUEBEC; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 0034204478     PISSN: 00085286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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