Association of porcine circovirus 2 with reproductive failure in pigs: A retrospective study, 1995-1998

Canadian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 548-550

  Bogdan, Jaret ^a   West, Keith ^a   Clark, Edward ^a   Konoby, Carrie ^a   Haines, Deborah ^a   Allan, Gordon ^b   McNeilly, Francis ^b   Meehan, Brian ^b   Krakowka, Steven ^c   Ellis, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CIRCOVIRIDAE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; VETERINARY ABORTION; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; CIRCOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CIRCOVIRUS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 0035403490     PISSN: 00085286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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