Prevention of disease transmission by semen in cattle

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 207-220

  Wentink, G H ^a   Frankena, K ^b   Bosch, J C ^a   Vandehoek, J E D ^a   Van Den Berg, Th ^a  

^a HG   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Continuous surveillance; Disease transmission; Infectious agents; Semen

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE DETECTION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROORGANISM SCREENING; SEMEN; SERODIAGNOSIS; VIRUS DETECTION;

EID: 0034048918     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(99)00158-X     Document Type: Article

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