Prevalence of Neospora caninum infection in Sardinian dairy farms (Italy) detected by iscom ELISA on tank bulk milk

Parasitology Research

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 264-267

  Varcasia, A ^a   Capelli, G ^b   Ruiu, A ^c   Ladu, M ^c   Scala, A ^a   Bjorkman, C ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE VENEZIE   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA SARDEGNA   (Italy)

^d SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^e NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISCOM;

ARTICLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DAIRY CATTLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HERD; ITALY; MILK; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; DAIRYING; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ITALY; MILK; NEOSPORA; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BOS TAURUS; COCCIDIA; NEOSPORA CANINUM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 32144458037     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-005-0044-4     Document Type: Article

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