Seroprevalence of Anaplasma marginale in 2 Iowa feedlots and its association with morbidity, mortality, production parameters, and carcass traits

Canadian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 862-868

  Coetzee, Johann F ^a,b   Schmidt, Peggy L ^a,c   O'Connor, Annette M ^a   Apley, Michael D ^a,b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COST; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; IOWA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; BOS;

EID: 77956583890     PISSN: 00085286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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