Bovine Chlamydophila spp. infection: Do we underestimate the impact on fertility?

Veterinary Research Communications

Volumn 29, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages 1-15

  Kaltenboeck, B ^a   Hehnen, H R ^b   Vaglenov, A ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BAYER PHARMA AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bovine fertility; Cattle herd health; Chlamydophila abortus vaccine; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL VACCINE; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; DNA; LIVE VACCINE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; FEMALE INFERTILITY; MICROORGANISM; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; FEMALE; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; VACCINATION;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA ABORTUS;

EID: 15844406364     PISSN: 01657380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11259-005-0832-4     Document Type: Article

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