Stillbirth/perinatal weak calf syndrome: A study of calves infected with Leptospira

Veterinary Record

Volumn 145, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 539-542

  Smyth, J A ^a   Fitzpatrick, D A ^a   Ellis, W A ^b  

^a AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b Biometrics Division   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINOMYCES; ARCANOBACTERIUM PYOGENES; LEPTOSPIRA;

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; SYNDROME; UNITED KINGDOM; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; NORTHERN IRELAND; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; SYNDROME;

EID: 0033530308     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.145.19.539     Document Type: Article

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