Reproductive performance of a cow-calf herd following a Neospora caninum-associated abortion epidemic

Canadian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 355-360

  Waldner, Cheryl L ^a   Henderson, James ^b   Wu, John T Y ^b   Breker, Kevin ^c   Chow, Eva Y W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT   (Canada)

^c Peace River Veterinary Clinic   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CANADA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COCCIDIOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEOSPORA; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; REPRODUCTION; RISK; TIME; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ALBERTA; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEOSPORA; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; REPRODUCTION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035348782     PISSN: 00085286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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