Application of the Neospora caninum IgG avidity ELISA in assessment of chronic reproductive losses after an outbreak of neosporosis in a herd of beef cattle

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-7

  Björkman, Camilla ^a   McAllister, Milton M ^b   Frössling, Jenny ^a   Näslund, Katarina ^a   Leung, Felicia ^b   Uggla, Arvid ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; NEOSPORA CANINUM;

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COCCIDIOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; NEOSPORA; PARASITOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; TIME; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; COCCIDIOSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; NEOSPORA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037975746     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063870301500102     Document Type: Article

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