Early postabortion recovery of Neospora-infected lactating dairy cows

Theriogenology

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 798-802

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abortion; Dairy cattle; Neospora caninum; Postabortion fertility

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COCCIDIOSIS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; NEOSPORA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; UTERUS; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; NEOSPORA; PREGNANCY; UTERUS;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOS TAURUS; NEOSPORA; NEOSPORA CANINUM;

EID: 69249221320     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2009.05.014     Document Type: Article

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