A four year longitudinal sero-epidemiology study of Neospora caninum in adult cattle from 114 cattle herds in south west England: Associations with age, herd and dam-offspring Pairs

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 4, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Woodbine, Kerry A ^a   Medley, Graham F ^a   Moore, Stephen J ^a   Ramirez Villaescusa, Ana ^a   Mason, Sam ^a   Green, Laura E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOS; NEOSPORA CANINUM; PROTOZOA;

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COCCIDIOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOSPORA; PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOSPORA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 58149171994     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-4-35     Document Type: Article

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