The effect of subclinical experimental Cowdria ruminantium infection in ewes on the growth and milk consumption of pre-weaning lambs

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 105-118

  Martinez, T A ^a,c   Meltzer, M I ^a   Perry, B D ^b   Burridge, M J ^a   Mahan, S M ^a,c  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cowdria ruminantium; Heartwater; Reproduction; Sheep microbiological diseases; Subclinical infection; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRINKING; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; FEMALE; GROWTH; LACTATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; REPRODUCTION; RICKETTSIOSIS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE;

ANIMALS; BIRTH WEIGHT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; DRINKING; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; FEMALE; GROWTH; LACTATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; REPRODUCTION; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTIONS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0033587545     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(99)00039-2     Document Type: Article

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