Prevalence of Neospora caninum and persistent infection with bovine viral diarrhea virus in dairy-breed in a feedlot

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 230, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1038-1043

  Hoar, Bruce R ^a   McQuarry, Alana C ^b,c   Hietala, Sharon K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Country Veterinary Clinic ^*  (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BOVINE DIARRHEA VIRUS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COCCIDIOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOSPORA; NEWBORN; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BOVINE VIRUS DIARRHEA-MUCOSAL DISEASE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; DIARRHEA VIRUSES, BOVINE VIRAL; MALE; NEOSPORA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA; BOVINE VIRAL DIARRHEA VIRUS 1; NEOSPORA CANINUM;

EID: 34047172019     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.230.7.1038     Document Type: Article

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