Neospora caninum abortion in cattte - A clinical perspective

Irish Veterinary Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 404-410

  Toolan, Donal P ^a  

^a CENTRAL VETERINARY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Abortion; Cattle; Diagnosis; Neospora caninum

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAIN; BREEDING; CATTLE DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS HEART; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GESTATION PERIOD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LACTATION; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POSTNATAL CARE; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; REVIEW; SERODIAGNOSIS; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; NEOSPORA CANINUM;

EID: 0041743755     PISSN: 03680762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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