Prevalence of herds with young sows seropositive to pseudorabies (Aujeszky's disease) in northern Belgium

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 239-255

  Boelaert, F ^a   Deluyker, H ^b   Maes, D ^b   Godfroid, J ^a   Raskin, A ^c   Varewijck, H ^c   Pensaert, M ^b   Nauwynck, H ^b   Castryck, F ^e   Miry, C ^e   Robijns, J M ^e   Hoet, B ^e   Segers, E ^e   Van Vlaenderen, I ^a   Robert, A ^d   Koenen, F ^a  

^a VETERINARY AND AGROCHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c Min Small Entpr Traders Agric   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Aujeszky's disease virus; Belgium; Herd seroprevalence; Pig microbiological diseases; Pseudorabies virus

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN E, SUID HERPESVIRUS 1; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; INTERVIEW; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PILOT STUDY; PSEUDORABIES; PSEUDORABIES HERPETOVIRUS; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BELGIUM; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 1, SUID; INTERVIEWS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PILOT PROJECTS; PSEUDORABIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; AUJESZKY DISEASE VIRUS; HERPETOVIRUS; SUID HERPESVIRUS 1; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0033598158     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(99)00058-6     Document Type: Article

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