A high rate of seroconversion for Neospora caninum in a dairy herd without an obvious increased incidence of abortions

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 109, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 203-211

  Dijkstra, Th ^a   Barkema, H W ^b   Bjorkman C ^c   Wouda, W ^a  

^a GD ANIMAL HEALTH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cattle; IgG avidity; Neospora caninum; Point source exposure; Seroconversion; Transmission

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ABORTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY CATTLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FETUS; HERD; MALE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SEROCONVERSION; SEROPREVALENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; DAIRYING; DOGS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INCIDENCE; NEOSPORA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; NEOSPORA CANINUM;

EID: 0037064606     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(02)00303-5     Document Type: Article

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