A long-term study of Neospora caninum infection in a Swedish dairy herd

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 44, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 63-71

  Stenlund, Susanne ^a   Kindahl, Hans ^a   Uggla, Arvid ^a   Björkman, Camilla ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Abortion; Antibodies; Cattle; IgG avidity; Neospora caninum; Parasite; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CATTLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY CATTLE; FEMALE; HERD; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SERODIAGNOSIS; STILLBIRTH; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLOOD; CATTLE; COCCIDIOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NEOSPORA; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PREGNANCY; SWEDEN; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; NEOSPORA CANINUM;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NEOSPORA; PREGNANCY; SWEDEN;

EID: 0642340637     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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