Reproductive disorders in relation to Neospora caninum, Brucella spp. and bovine viral diarrhoea virus serostatus in breeding and dairy farms of central and southern Ethiopia

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 141, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1772-1780

  Asmare, K ^a,b   Regassa, F ^c   Robertson, L J ^b   Martin, A D ^b   Skjerve, E ^b  

^a HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Animal pathogens; Brucella; parasites; veterinary epidemiology; virus infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY;

ABORTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BOVINE VIRAL DIARRHEA; BOVINE VIRAL DIARRHOEA VIRUS; BREEDING; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY CATTLE; DAIRYING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NEOSPOROSIS; NONHUMAN; PESTIVIRUS; STILLBIRTH;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BOVINE VIRUS DIARRHEA-MUCOSAL DISEASE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS, BOVINE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; DAIRYING; DIARRHEA VIRUSES, BOVINE VIRAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; NEOSPORA; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 84880359870     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268812002191     Document Type: Article

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