African horse sickness in Portugal: A successful eradication programme

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 337-346

  Portas, M ^a   Boinas, F S ^b   Sousa, J Oliveira E ^a   Rawlings, P ^c  

^a Ministero da Agricultura do Desenvolvimento Rural e das Pescas Portugal   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN HORSE SICKNESS VIRUS; ARTICLE; COST; DEATH; DONKEY; HORSE DISEASE; INFECTION CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PORTUGAL; SEROTYPING; SPAIN; VACCINATION; VETERINARY MEDICINE; VIRUS ISOLATION;

AFRICAN HORSE SICKNESS; AFRICAN HORSE SICKNESS VIRUS; ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; EQUIDAE; HORSES; PORTUGAL; SANITATION; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

EID: 0032709428     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268899002897     Document Type: Article

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