Neospora caninum abortions in cattle in southern Minas Gerais, Brazil;Abortos por Neospora caninum em bovinos do sul de Minas Gerais

Pesquisa Veterinaria Brasileira

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1332-1338

  Orlando, Débora R ^a   Costa, Rafael C ^a   Soares, Bruno A ^a   Oliveira, Natália S C ^a   Nascimento, Lismara C ^a   Peconick, Ana P ^a   Raymundo, Djeison L ^a   Varaschin, e Mary S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Abortion; Cattle; Diseases of reproduction; IHQ; Neospora caninum; Neosporosis; PCR; Protozoan

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894033994     PISSN: 0100736X     EISSN: 16785150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-736X2013001100008     Document Type: Article

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