Prevalence of anti-Neospora caninum antibodies in cattle and dogs from Western Amazon, Brazil, in association with some possible risk factors

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 142, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 71-77

  Aguiar, Daniel M ^a   Cavalcante, Guacyara T ^a   Rodrigues, Aline A R ^a   Labruna, Marcelo B ^a   Camargo, Luis Marcelo A ^a   Camargo, Erney P ^a   Gennari, Solange M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; Brazil; Cattle; Epidemiology; Neospora caninum

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

AGRICULTURE; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BEEF CATTLE; BRAZIL; CATTLE FARMING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY CATTLE; DILUTION; DOG; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HERD IMMUNITY; INFECTION RISK; MALE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BRAZIL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEOSPORA; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; NEOSPORA CANINUM;

EID: 33750057709     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.06.014     Document Type: Article

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