The use of an indirect Ostertagia ostertagi ELISA to predict milk production response after anthelmintic treatment in confined and semi-confined dairy herds

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 130, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 115-124

  Sanchez, Javier ^a   Dohoo, Ian ^a   Leslie, Ken ^b   Keefe, Greg ^a   Markham, Fred ^a   Sithole, Fortune ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anthelmintic treatment; Bulk tank; Dairy; Milk production; Ostertagia ostertagi ELISA

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; EPRINOMECTIN; PARASITE ANTIBODY; PLACEBO;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; AUTUMN; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; DAIRY CATTLE; DATA BASE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESPONSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HERD; LACTATION; MILK; MILK PRODUCTION; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; OSTERTAGIA OSTERTAGI; POPULATION; PREDICTION; RANDOMIZATION; RECORDING; SAMPLE; SEASON; SUMMER; WINTER;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; IVERMECTIN; LACTATION; MILK; OSTERTAGIA; OSTERTAGIASIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; SEASONS;

ANIMALIA; NEMATODA; OSTERTAGIA OSTERTAGI;

EID: 18844459662     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2005.03.013     Document Type: Article

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