Seroprevalence of and agroecological risk factors for Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis and Neospora caninum infection among adult beef cattle in cow-calf herds in Alberta, Canada

Canadian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 397-406

  Scott, H Morgan ^a   Sorensen, Ole ^b   Wu, John T Y ^b   Chow, Eva Y W ^b   Manninen, Ken ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALBERTA AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CANADA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COCCIDIOSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; NEOSPORA; PARATUBERCULOSIS; RISK FACTOR;

ALBERTA; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; NEOSPORA; PARATUBERCULOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

ANIMALIA; BOS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; NEOSPORA CANINUM;

EID: 34248532512     PISSN: 00085286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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