Application of repeated bulk milk testing for identification of infection dynamics of Neospora caninum in Thai dairy herds

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 136, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 243-250

  Chanlun, Aran ^a,b   Emanuelson, Ulf ^a   Chanlun, Suthida ^b   Aiumlamai, Suneerat ^b   Björkman, Camilla ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Bulk milk; Dairy cattle; Herd status; Iscom ELISA; Neospora caninum; Thailand

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HERD; INFECTION; MILK; NEOSPORA CANINUM; OPTICAL DENSITY; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THAILAND;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; DAIRYING; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; MILK; NEOSPORA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THAILAND;

BOS TAURUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; NEOSPORA CANINUM;

EID: 33644613962     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2005.11.025     Document Type: Article

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