Evaluation of an inactivated Neospora caninum vaccine in beef feedlot steers

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 222, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 624-627

  Barling, Kerry S ^a   Lunt, David K ^c   Graham, Sherry L ^b   Choromanski, Leszek J ^d  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MERCK ANIMAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEOSPORA CANINUM VACCINE; PLACEBO; PROTOZOAL VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HEALTH; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CARCASS; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD QUALITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEAT; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; SEROLOGY; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; ENERGY INTAKE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEAT; NEOSPORA; PROTOZOAN VACCINES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SAFETY; VACCINATION; VACCINES, INACTIVATED; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; NEOSPORA CANINUM;

EID: 0037372695     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2003.222.624     Document Type: Article

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