The impact of Leptospira seropositivity on reproductive performance in sows in southern Viet Nam

Theriogenology

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1327-1335

  Boqvist, Sofia ^a   Thu, Ho Thi Vient ^b   Vågsholm, Ivar ^c   Magnusson, Ulf ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b CAN THO UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^c NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Leptospira serology; Reproduction; Sow; Viet Nam

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LACTATION; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTION; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; VIET NAM;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; LACTATION; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCTION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; VIETNAM;

EID: 0037107666     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(02)00971-8     Document Type: Article

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