Serological Status and Abortion Rate in Progeny Obtained by Natural Service or Embryo Transfer from Neospora caninum-Seropositive Cows

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series B: Infectious Diseases and Veterinary Public Health

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 458-460

  Campero, C M ^a   Moore, D P ^a,b   Lagomarsino, H ^a,c   Odeon A C ^a   Castro, M ^a,c   Visca, H ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c Inst Nac de Tecn Agropecuaria ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ARGENTINA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; DAIRYING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; INCIDENCE; NEOSPORA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PREGNANCY RATE;

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; NEOSPORA; NEOSPORA CANINUM;

EID: 0344118044     PISSN: 09311793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0931-1793.2003.00698.x     Document Type: Article

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