Associations between anti-Fasciola hepatica antibody levels in bulk-tank milk samples and production parameters in dairy herds

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 57-66

  Charlier, Johannes ^a   Duchateau, Luc ^a   Claerebout, Edwin ^a   Williams, Diana ^b   Vercruysse, Jozef ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dairy cow; Diagnosis; ELISA; Fasciola hepatica; Fertility; Milk production

Indexed keywords

HELMINTH ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DAIRYING; ECONOMICS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; MILK; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OSTERTAGIA; PARASITOLOGY; SECRETION; TRICHOSTRONGYLOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; BELGIUM; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; FEMALE; MILK; OSTERTAGIA; OSTERTAGIASIS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

BOS TAURUS; FASCIOLA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; OSTERTAGIA OSTERTAGI;

EID: 33845926422     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2006.09.010     Document Type: Article

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