Determination of the seroprevalence of Neospora caninum in feedlot steers in Alberta

Canadian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 218-224

  Waldner, Cheryl ^a   Wildman, Brian K ^b   Hill, Bruce W ^b   Fenton, R Kent ^b   Pittman, Tom J ^b   Schunicht, Oliver C ^b   Jim, G Kee ^b   Guichon, P Timothy ^b   Booker, Calvin W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b Feedlot Health Management Services Alberta   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HEALTH; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY WEIGHT; BOVINE DIARRHEA VIRUS; CANADA; CATTLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOOD INTAKE; MALE; MARKET; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN;

ALBERTA; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; MALE; NEOSPORA; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; BOVINE VIRAL DIARRHEA VIRUS 1; NEOSPORA CANINUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 1842582665     PISSN: 00085286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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