Use of bulk milk for detection of Neospora caninum infection in dairy herds in Thailand

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 110, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 35-44

  Chanlun, Aran ^a,b   Näslund, Katarina ^a   Aiumlamai, Suneerat ^b   Björkman, Camilla ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Bulk milk; Cattle protozoa; Iscom ELISA; Neospora caninum; Prevalence; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY CATTLE; LACTATION; MILK; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PARASITOSIS; PREVALENCE; SEROPREVALENCE; SERUM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THAILAND;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; LACTATION; MILK; NEOSPORA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; THAILAND;

BOS TAURUS; NEOSPORA CANINUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0037065228     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(02)00315-1     Document Type: Article

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