An association exists between bovine herpesvirus-4 seropositivity and abortion in cows

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 235-240

  Czaplicki, G ^a   Thiry, E ^b  

^a Ctr Depistage des Maladies Animales   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Abortion; Bovine herpesvirus 4; Case control study; Cattle microbiological disease

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; ENDOMETRITIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HERPES VIRUS; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; PERITONITIS; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RISK; VETERINARY ABORTION; VIROLOGY;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BELGIUM; BRUCELLOSIS, BOVINE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ENDOMETRITIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HERPESVIRIDAE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; ODDS RATIO; PERITONITIS; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0031602517     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(97)00036-6     Document Type: Article

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