Control of Important Causes of Infectious Abortion in Sheep and Goats

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Food Animal Practice

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 81-93

  Menzies, Paula I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abortion; Campylobacter; Chlamydophila; Coxiella; Goat; Q fever; Sheep; Toxoplasma

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; REVIEW; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; VETERINARY ABORTION; ZOONOSIS;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; ZOONOSES;

CAMPYLOBACTER; CAPRA HIRCUS; CHLAMYDOPHILA; COXIELLA; OVIS ARIES; TOXOPLASMA;

EID: 78650808379     PISSN: 07490720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvfa.2010.10.011     Document Type: Review

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