An outbreak of abortion in a dairy herd associated with Neospora caninum and bovine pestivirus infection

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 82, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 99-101

  Quinn, H E ^a   Windsor, P A ^b   Kirkland, P D ^c   Ellis, J T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; NEOSPORA CANINUM; PESTIVIRUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BOVINE DIARRHEA VIRUS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COCCIDIOSIS; DAIRYING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NEOSPORA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; BOVINE VIRUS DIARRHEA-MUCOSAL DISEASE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; DAIRYING; DIARRHEA VIRUSES, BOVINE VIRAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; NEOSPORA; NEW SOUTH WALES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC;

EID: 2342646799     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2004.tb14656.x     Document Type: Article

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