Prevalence of antibodies to Neospora caninum in cattle in Kerman province, South East Iran

Veterinarski Arhiv

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 253-259

  Fard, Saeid Reza Nourollahi ^a   Khalili, Mohammad ^a   Aminzadeh, Azadeh ^a  

^a SHAHID BAHONAR UNIVERSITY OF KERMAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antibody; Cattle; ELISA; Neospora caninum

Indexed keywords

BOS; NEOSPORA; NEOSPORA CANINUM;

EID: 52249119908     PISSN: 03725480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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