Risk factors associated with Tritrichomonas foetus infection in beef herds in the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 153, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 231-237

  Mardones, F O ^a   Perez, A M ^a,b   Martinez A ^c   Carpenter, T E ^a  

^a School of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

^b Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

^c Laboratorio Azul Azul   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Bovine trichomonosis; Tritrichomonas foetus; Venereal disease

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HERD; INFECTION RISK; LIVESTOCK; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY RATE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRICHOMONAS FOETUS; TRICHOMONIASIS;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; MALE; MASTIGOPHORA INFECTIONS; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RISK MANAGEMENT; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS; VETERINARIANS;

BOS; BOVINAE; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

EID: 42249093839     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.01.038     Document Type: Article

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