Association between Neospora caninum seropositivity and perinatal mortality in dairy heifers at first calving

Veterinary Record

Volumn 167, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 82-85

  Brickell, J S ^a   McGowan, M M ^b   Wathes, D C ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEOSPORA CANINUM;

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COCCIDIOSIS; DAIRYING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MORTALITY; NEOSPORA; PARASITOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; DAIRYING; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; GREAT BRITAIN; NEOSPORA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 77955878760     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.c3583     Document Type: Article

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