Seroprevalence of Neospora caninum antibodies and its consequences for reproductive parameters in dairy cows from Dakar-Senegal, West Africa

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 953-959

  Kamga Waladjo, Alain Richi ^a,b   Gbati, Oubri Bassa ^a   Kone, Philippe ^a   Lapo, Rock Allister ^a   Chatagnon, Gérard ^b   Bakou, Serge N ^a   Pangui, Louis Joseph ^a   Diop, Papa El Hassane ^a   Akakpo, Justin Ayayi ^a   Tainturier, Daniel ^b  

^a Ecole Inter Etats des Sciences et Medecine Veterinaires Dakar   (Senegal)

^b LUNAM UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Candida guillermondii; Chlamydophila sp.; Cows; Coxiella burnetii; Neospora caninum; Reproductive parameters

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; FUNGUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CHLAMYDOPHILA; COCCIDIOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; IMMUNOLOGY; NEOSPORA; PARASITOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SENEGAL; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHLAMYDOPHILA; COCCIDIOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; NEOSPORA; REPRODUCTION; SENEGAL;

BOS; CANDIDA; CHLAMYDOPHILA; COXIELLA BURNETII; NEOSPORA CANINUM;

EID: 77952891023     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-009-9513-6     Document Type: Article

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