Effects of crossbreed pregnancies on the abortion risk of Neospora caninum-infected dairy cows

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 163, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 323-329

  Almeria S ^a,b   Lopez Gatius F ^c   Garcia Ispierto I ^c   Nogareda, C ^c   Bech Sabat G ^c   Serrano, B ^c   Santolaria, P ^d   Yaniz J L ^d  

^a CENTRE DE RECERCA EN SANITAT ANIMAL CRESA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abortion; Antibody titre; Beef bull semen; Crossbreed pregnancies; Dairy cattle; Neospora caninum

Indexed keywords

MATERNAL ANTIBODY; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BULL (BOVINE); CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS BREEDING; DAIRY CATTLE; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; HERD; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NEOSPOROSIS; NONHUMAN; RISK REDUCTION; SPAIN; SPERM; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; CROSSES, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; NEOSPORA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; RISK FACTORS; SEMEN;

ANIMALIA; BOS; FRIESIA; NEOSPORA; NEOSPORA CANINUM;

EID: 68049116941     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.04.026     Document Type: Article

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