Some epidemiological and economic aspects of a bluetongue-like disease in cattle in South Africa -1995/96 and 1997

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 145-151

  Barnard, B J H ^a   Gerdes, G H ^a   Meiswinkel, R ^a  

^a ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bluetongue; Bluetongue like disease; Culicoides; Epizootic haemorrhagic disease of deer; South Africa

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; CERVIDAE; CULICOIDES BOLITINOS; CULICOIDES IMICOLA;

RAIN; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TEST; ECONOMICS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; ORBIVIRUS; SEROTYPING; SHEEP DISEASE; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CERATOPOGONIDAE; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TESTS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC DISEASE VIRUS, EPIZOOTIC; RAIN; SEROTYPING; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032150787     PISSN: 00302465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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