A quantitative assessment of the risk of transmission of foot-and-mouth disease, bluetongue and vesicular stomatitis by embryo transfer in cattle

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 111-132

  Sutmoller, Paul ^a   Wrathall, Anthony E ^b  

^a Pan American Foot and Mouth Disease Center   (Brazil)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bluetongue; Disease transmission; Embryo transfer; Foot and mouth disease; Risk assessment; Vesicular stomatitis

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; OVIS ARIES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; PROBABILITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHEEP DISEASE; SOUTH AMERICA; STOMATITIS; VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; BLUETONGUE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE; PROBABILITY; RHABDOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUTH AMERICA; STOMATITIS; VESICULAR STOMATITIS-INDIANA VIRUS;

EID: 0031229211     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(96)01118-X     Document Type: Article

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