A herd-level analysis of risk factors for antibodies to Sarcocystis neurona in Michigan equids

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 7-13

  Rossano, M G ^a   Kaneene, J B ^a   Marteniuk, J V ^a   Banks, B D ^a   Schott II, H C ^a   Mansfield, L S ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Equine protozoal myeloencephalitis (EPM); Horse; Opossum; Sarcocystis neurona

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; COCCIDIOSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; OPOSSUM; PARASITOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SARCOCYSTIS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM PROTOZOAL INFECTIONS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; MICHIGAN; OPOSSUMS; RISK FACTORS; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTOSIS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

DIDELPHIDAE; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; PROTOZOA; SARCOCYSTIS NEURONA;

EID: 0037441777     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(02)00192-7     Document Type: Article

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