High prevalence of Tritrichomonas foetus infection in Asturiana de la Montaña beef cattle kept in extensive conditions in Northern Spain

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 146-151

  Mendoza Ibarra, Jesús A ^a   Pedraza Díaz, Susana ^a   García Peña, Francisco J ^b   Rojo Montejo, Silvia ^a   Ruiz Santa Quiteria, Jose A ^a   San Miguel Ibáñez, Elena ^b   Navarro Lozano, Vanesa ^a   Ortega Mora, Luis M ^a   Osoro, Koldo ^c   Collantes Fernandez, Esther ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Laboratorio Central de Veterinaria de Algete   (Spain)

^c Servicio Regional de Investigación y Desarrollo Agroalimentario de Asturias   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bovine trichomonosis; Diagnosis; Genital campylobacteriosis; Prevalence; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BEEF CATTLE; BOVINE GENITAL CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; BULL (BOVINE); CAMPYLOBACTER FETUS; CATTLE FARMING; DNA EXTRACTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SPAIN; TRICHOMONIASIS; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CAMPYLOBACTER FETUS; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; RISK FACTORS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SMEGMA; SPAIN; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE; CAMPYLOBACTER FETUS; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

EID: 84863783332     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: 15322971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2011.09.020     Document Type: Article

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