Implications of wild dog ecology on the sylvatic and domestic life cycle of Neospora caninum in Australia

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 24-33

  King, Jessica S ^a,e   Jenkins, David J ^b   Ellis, John T ^c   Fleming, Peter ^d   Windsor, Peter A ^a   Šlapeta, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cattle; Dingo; Epidemiology; Farm dog; Horizontal transmission; Neosporosis

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CATTLE DISEASE; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FARM ANIMAL; FEEDING ECOLOGY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTION RISK; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NEOSPOROSIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; PROTIST LIFE CYCLE STAGE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; WILD ANIMAL;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; AUSTRALIA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALE; NEOSPORA; PREGNANCY;

BOS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS DINGO; NEOSPORA CANINUM;

EID: 79952624127     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2010.03.002     Document Type: Review

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