Seroprevalence and associated risk factors of neosporosis in beef and dairy cattle in Italy

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 118, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 7-18

  Otranto, Domenico ^a   Llazari, Andi ^a   Testini, Gabriella ^a   Traversa, Donato ^b   Di Regalbono, Antonio Frangipane ^c   Badan, Mara ^c   Capelli, Gioia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cattle protozoa; ELISA; Italy; Neospora caninum; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BEEF CATTLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COCCIDIOSIS; DAIRY CATTLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DOG; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; IMMUNOLOGY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NEOSPORA; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PARASITOLOGY; POULTRY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING; SEROPREVALENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STOCKING DENSITY;

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

EID: 0345118910     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2003.10.008     Document Type: Article

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