The prevalence and spatial clustering of Neospora caninum in dairy herds in Norway

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 170, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 153-157

  Klevar, S ^a   Norstrom M ^a   Tharaldsen, J ^a   Clausen, T ^a   Bjorkman C ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dairy herds; ELISA; Neospora caninum; Norway; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY CATTLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOOD ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INFECTION RISK; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NEOSPOROSIS; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE SERODIAGNOSIS; PARASITE SURVIVAL; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COCCIDIOSIS; FEMALE; MILK; NEOSPORA; NORWAY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

ANIMALIA; BOS; NEOSPORA CANINUM;

EID: 77952890102     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.02.005     Document Type: Article

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