Supranational comparison of Neospora caninum seroprevalences in cattle in Germany, The Netherlands, Spain and Sweden

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 137, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 17-27

  Bartels, C J M ^a   Arnaiz Seco, J I ^b   Ruiz Santa Quitera, A ^b   Bjorkman C ^c   Frossling J ^c,d   Von Blumroder D ^e   Conraths, F J ^e   Schares, G ^e   Van Maanen, C ^a   Wouda, W ^a   Ortega Mora, L M ^b  

^a GD ANIMAL HEALTH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animal prevalence; Herd prevalence; Neospora caninum; Potential risk factors; Within herd prevalence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GERMANY; HERD; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SPAIN; SWEDEN;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BREEDING; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DAIRYING; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GERMANY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; NEOSPORA; NETHERLANDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SPAIN; SWEDEN;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; NEOSPORA CANINUM;

EID: 33644899370     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2005.12.016     Document Type: Article

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