Low seroprevalence of Neospora caninum infection associated with the limousin breed in cow-calf herds in Andorra, Europe

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1029-1032

  Armengol, Ramon ^a   Pabón, Marcela ^a   Santolaria, Pilar ^a,b   Cabezón, Oscar ^a   Adelantado, Carles ^a   Yániz, Jesús ^a,b   López Gatius, Fernando ^a,c   Almería, Sonia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY; CATTLE; GRAZING; HORIZONTAL TRANSMISSION; IMMUNOASSAY; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SERUM;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BREED; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EUROPE; HERD; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEOSPORA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SPAIN;

ANDORRA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; BOS; NEOSPORA CANINUM;

EID: 36749048127     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1242R.1     Document Type: Article

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