Flock-level seroprevalence of, and risk factors for, Neospora caninum among sheep and goats in northern Jordan

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 25-32

  Abo Shehada, Mahmoud N ^a   Abu Halaweh, Marwan M ^b  

^a Faculty of Veterinary Medicine   (Jordan)

^b PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Goat; Jordan; Neospora caninum; PCR; Risk factors; Seroprevalence; Sheep; Small ruminants

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAIN; COCCIDIOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; JORDAN; NEOSPORA; PARASITOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BRAIN; COCCIDIOSIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; JORDAN; NEOSPORA; RISK FACTORS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CAPRA HIRCUS; NEOSPORA CANINUM; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 73449085770     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2009.08.004     Document Type: Article

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