Ovine progressive pneumonia (Maedi-Visna): An emerging respiratory disease of sheep in Ethiopia

Deutsche Tierarztliche Wochenschrift

Volumn 109, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 486-488

  Woldemeskel, M ^a,b,c,d   Tibbo, M ^c   Potgieter, L N D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c Sheno Agricultural Research Center   (Ethiopia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Maedi Visna; Sheep

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BREEDING; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHIOPIA; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; PREVALENCE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; VISNA VIRUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BREEDING; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ETHIOPIA; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; PNEUMONIA, PROGRESSIVE INTERSTITIAL, OF SHEEP; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SHEEP; VISNA-MAEDI VIRUS;

EID: 0036834514     PISSN: 03416593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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