The prevalence of antibody to the viruses of bovine virus diarrhoea, bovine herpes virus 1, rift valley fever, ephemeral fever and bluetongue and to Leptospira sp in free-ranging wildlife in Zimbabwe

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 441-449

  Anderson, E C ^a   Rowe, L W ^a  

^a Central Veterinary Laboratory Harare   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BOVINE HERPES VIRUS; BUFFALO; CATTLE DISEASE; DIARRHEA; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; NONHUMAN; PERSISTENT INFECTION; SPECIES; VIRUS INFECTION; WILDLIFE; ZIMBABWE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BLUETONGUE; BOVINE VIRUS DIARRHEA-MUCOSAL DISEASE; CATTLE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DIARRHEA VIRUSES, BOVINE VIRAL; EPHEMERAL FEVER; EPHEMERAL FEVER VIRUS, BOVINE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 1, BOVINE; LEPTOSPIRA; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RUMINANTS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0031782984     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268898001289     Document Type: Article

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