Prevalence of Neospora caninum infection in dairy cows and its consequences for reproductive management

Theriogenology

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1229-1235

  Canada, Nuno ^a   Carvalheira, Julio ^a,b   Meireles, Carla Sofia ^a   Correia Da Costa, José Manuel ^a,c   Rocha, António ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Abortion; Dairy cattle; Neosporosis

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BLOOD; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COCCIDIOSIS; FEMALE; NEOSPORA; PARASITOLOGY; PORTUGAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; FEMALE; NEOSPORA; PORTUGAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PREVALENCE;

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; NEOSPORA; NEOSPORA CANINUM;

EID: 4344612717     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2004.01.004     Document Type: Article

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