Incidence of abortion and association with putative causes in dairy herds in New Zealand

New Zealand Veterinary Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 90-94

  Thobokwe, G ^a   Heuer, C ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Abortion; Bovine viral diarrhoea virus; Dairy herds; Neospora caninum; New Zealand

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ARTICLE; BREEDING; HEALTH SURVEY; HERD; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; BOVINE VIRAL DIARRHEA VIRUS 1; NEOSPORA CANINUM;

EID: 1942454466     PISSN: 00480169     EISSN: 11760710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00480169.2004.36411     Document Type: Article

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