Effect of neosporosis on productive and reproductive performance of dairy cattle in Costa Rica

Theriogenology

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1928-1939

  Romero, J J ^a,b   Breda, S Van ^a   Vargas, B ^b   Dolz, G ^b   Frankena, K ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Abortion; Dairy cattle; Milk production; Neospora; Reproductive performance

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COCCIDIOSIS; COSTA RICA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; LACTATION; NEOSPORA; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; COSTA RICA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; LACTATION; NEOSPORA; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION;

BOS TAURUS; NEOSPORA; NEOSPORA CANINUM;

EID: 27844563591     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2005.03.023     Document Type: Article

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