Sero-prevalence of Neospora caninum and Besnoitia besnoiti in South Australian beef and dairy cattle

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 186, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 480-485

  Nasir, Amar ^a,d   Lanyon, Sasha R ^a   Schares, Gereon ^b   Anderson, Malcolm L ^c   Reichel, Michael P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^c Biosecurity SA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND ANIMAL SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Beef; Besnoitia besnoiti; Cattle; Dairy; Neospora caninum; Sero epidemiology; Tank milk

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEEF CATTLE; BESNOITIA BESNOITI; COCCIDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DAIRY CATTLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MILK; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; DAIRYING; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; NEOSPORA; SARCOCYSTIDAE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; BESNOITIA; BESNOITIA BESNOITI; BOS; NEOSPORA CANINUM;

EID: 84860246119     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.11.032     Document Type: Article

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