Abortion epidemic in a dairy herd associated with horizontally transmitted Neospora caninum infection

Veterinary Record

Volumn 152, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 201-206

  Crawshaw, W M ^a   Brocklehurst, S ^b  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b HANNAH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

AGE; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY CATTLE; DELIVERY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FETUS; HERD; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SEPTIC ABORTION; VETERINARY ABORTION;

BOS TAURUS; NEOSPORA CANINUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0037442569     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.152.7.201     Document Type: Article

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