Nationwide seroprevalence of Neospora caninum among dairy cattle in Japan

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 175-179

  Koiwai, Masahiro ^a   Hamaoka, Takafumi ^b   Haritani, Makoto ^b   Shimizu, Shinya ^b   Zeniya, Yumie ^b   Eto, Mariko ^a   Yokoyama, Rieko ^a   Tsutsui, Toshiyuki ^b   Kimura, Kumiko ^b   Yamane, Itsuro ^b  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY ASSAY LABORATORY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dairy cattle; Japan; Nationwide seroprevalence; Neospora caninum

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COW; DAIRY CATTLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; JAPAN; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; SEROPREVALENCE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; DAIRYING; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; JAPAN; NEOSPORA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; NEOSPORA; NEOSPORA CANINUM;

EID: 29344444300     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2005.08.014     Document Type: Article

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