Infection by Neospora caninum associated with bovine herpesvirus 1 and bovine viral diarrhea virus in cattle from Minas Gerais State, Brazil

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 119, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 97-105

  De Melo, C B ^a   Leite, R C ^b   Lobato, Z I P ^b  

^a Cd Univ Prof Jose Aloisio Campos   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antibody; BHV1; BVDV; Cattle; Neospora caninum

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BOVINE DIARRHEA VIRUS; BOVINE HERPES VIRUS; BRAZIL; CATTLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; DAIRY CATTLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOG; HERD; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SAMPLING; SEROLOGY; VACCINATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; BOVINE HERPESVIRUS 1; BOVINE VIRAL DIARRHEA VIRUS 1; HERPESVIRIDAE; NEOSPORA CANINUM;

EID: 1642431915     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2003.12.002     Document Type: Article

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