Epidemiological features and economical importance of bovine virus diarrhoea virus (BVDV) infections

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 89-107

  Houe, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bovine virus diarrhoea virus; Cattle; Economy; Epidemiology; Pestivirus

Indexed keywords

BOVIDS; BOVINE DIARRHEA VIRUS; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENDEMIC DISEASE; IMMUNE STATUS; INFECTION CONTROL; POPULATION DENSITY; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BOVINE VIRUS DIARRHEA-MUCOSAL DISEASE; CATTLE; DIARRHEA VIRUSES, BOVINE VIRAL; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; EUROPE; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; MILK; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVIDAE; BOVINAE; BOVINE VIRAL DIARRHEA VIRUS 1; PESTIVIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0032969826     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(98)00262-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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