Associations of Neospora caninum seropositivity with gestation number and pregnancy outcome in Danish dairy herds

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 151-163

  Jensen, A M ^a   Bjorkman C ^b   Kjeldsen, A M ^a   Wedderkopp, A ^c   Willadsen, C ^d   Uggla, A ^e   Lind, P ^f  

^a Dansk Landbrugsradgivning   (Denmark)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c Cattle Health Laboratory   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^f TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Abortion; Cattle; Neospora caninum; Parasitological disease; Serology

Indexed keywords

COW; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; DAIRYING; DENMARK; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; LITTER SIZE; MALE; NEOSPORA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 0345593481     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(99)00048-3     Document Type: Article

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