Progesterone supplementation during mid-gestation increases the risk of abortion in Neospora-infected dairy cows with high antibody titres

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 145, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 164-167

  Bech Sabat G ^a   Lopez Gatius F ^a   Santolaria, P ^b   Garcia Ispierto I ^c   Pabon M ^c   Nogareda, C ^a   Yaniz J L ^b   Almeria S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abortion; Dairy cattle; Neospora caninum; Progesterone supplementation

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

ABORTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY CATTLE; DEVICE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HORMONE RELEASE; IMMUNOMODULATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUPPLEMENTATION; TH1 CELL;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; FEMALE; NEOSPORA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMALIA; BOS; NEOSPORA; NEOSPORA CANINUM;

EID: 33847636666     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.11.018     Document Type: Article

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