The effect of the dam-calf relationship on serostatus to Neospora caninum on 20 Costa Rican dairy farms

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 159-171

  Romero, J J ^a,b   Frankena, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dairy cattle; Epidemiology; Neospora caninum; Serostatus; Vertical and horizontal transmission

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; NEOSPORA CANINUM;

EID: 0038392795     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(03)00135-3     Document Type: Article

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