Association between exposure to Neospora caninum and milk production in dairy cows

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 219, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 632-635

  Hernandez, Jorge ^a   Risco, Carlos ^a   Donovan, Arthur ^a  

^a University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; NEOSPORA CANINUM;

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COCCIDIOSIS; DAIRYING; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; LACTATION DISORDER; MILK; NEOSPORA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCTION; SECRETION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; DAIRYING; FEMALE; LACTATION DISORDERS; MILK; NEOSPORA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 0035459427     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2001.219.632     Document Type: Article

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