A longitudinal study of seroprevalence and seroconversion of Neospora caninum infection in dairy cattle in northeast Thailand

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 146, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 242-248

  Chanlun, Aran ^a,b   Emanuelson, Ulf ^a   Frössling, Jenny ^c   Aiumlamai, Suneerat ^b   Björkman, Camilla ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dairy cattle; Iscom ELISA; Neospora caninum; Seroconversion; Seroprevalence; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DAIRY CATTLE; HERD IMMUNITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NEOSPORA CANINUM; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SEROCONVERSION; SEROPREVALENCE; THAILAND; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; DAIRYING; FEMALE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NEOSPORA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; THAILAND;

ANIMALIA; BOS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; NEOSPORA CANINUM;

EID: 34247194570     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.02.008     Document Type: Article

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