A survey of the exposure to Ostertagia ostertagi in dairy cow herds in Europe through the measurement of antibodies in milk samples from the bulk tank

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 157, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 100-107

  Forbes, A B ^a   J Vercruysse, ^b   Charlier, J ^b  

^a BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMA GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bulk milk; Diagnosis; ELISA; Eprinomectin; Ostertagia ostertagi

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; EPRINOMECTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY CATTLE; DAIRYING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EUROPE; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; HERD; MILK; MILK PRODUCTION; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; OSTERTAGIA OSTERTAGI; PASTURELAND; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRICHOSTRONGYLOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; CANADA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EUROPE; FEMALE; LACTATION; MILK; OSTERTAGIA; OSTERTAGIASIS;

OSTERTAGIA OSTERTAGI;

EID: 51249089447     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.06.023     Document Type: Article

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