The possible role that buffalo played in the recent outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease in South Africa

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 969, Issue , 2002, Pages 187-190

  Vosloo, Wilna ^a   Boshoff, Karin ^a   Dwarka, Rahana ^a   Bastos, Armanda ^b  

^a ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

African buffalo; Cattle; Foot and mouth disease; Southern Africa; VP1 gene

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN VP1;

AFRICA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL TISSUE; BUFFALO; CATTLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; EPIDEMIC; FLOODING; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE VIRUS; HOST; INFECTION CONTROL; LIVESTOCK; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; VACCINATION; VIRUS GENE;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BUBALUS; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES; SYNCERUS CAFFER;

EID: 0036411420     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2002.tb04376.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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