Bovine neosporosis: Clinical and practical aspects

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 303-309

  Almeria S ^a   Lopez Gatius F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bovine neosporosis; Clinical implications; Guidelines

Indexed keywords

PREGNANCY ASSOCIATED GLYCOPROTEIN 1; PREGNANCY ASSOCIATED GLYCOPROTEIN 2; PREGNANCY ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; PROLACTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; BOVINE NEOSPOROSIS; BRAIN TISSUE; CATTLE DISEASE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CROSS BREEDING; DAIRY CATTLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FERTILITY; FETUS DEATH; FETUS RESORPTION; GENE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEART; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORIZONTAL TRANSMISSION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LIVER; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NEOSPOROSIS; NONHUMAN; PAG 1 GENE; PAG 2 GENE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTIST LIFE CYCLE STAGE; RECURRENT ABORTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SPAIN; STILLBIRTH; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VETERINARY ABORTION;

BOS; BOVINAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; NEOSPORA CANINUM; PROTOZOA;

BOVINE NEOSPOROSIS; CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS; CONTROL; GUIDELINES;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; DAIRYING; FEMALE; NEOSPORA;

EID: 84881551971     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: 15322661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2013.04.008     Document Type: Review

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