Quantification of vertical and horizontal transmission of Neospora caninum infection in Dutch dairy herds

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 83-92

  Bartels, Chris J M ^a   Huinink, Irene ^a   Beiboer, Marten L ^b   van Schaik, Gerdien ^a   Wouda, Willem ^a   Dijkstra, Thomas ^a   Stegeman, Arjan ^c  

^a GD ANIMAL HEALTH   (Netherlands)

^b Veterinary Software Design ^*  (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cattle; Epidemiology; Horizontal and vertical transmission of infection; Neospora caninum

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY CATTLE; HERD; HORIZONTAL TRANSMISSION; INCIDENCE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; NEOSPORA; NETHERLANDS; ODDS RATIO;

ANIMALIA; BOS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; NEOSPORA CANINUM;

EID: 34547479220     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.06.004     Document Type: Article

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