Comparison of culling rates among dairy cows grouped on the basis of serologic status for bovine leukemia virus

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 223, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 229-231

  Rhodes, J Kelly ^a   Pelzer, Kevin D ^b   Johnson, Yvette J ^a   Russek Cohen, Estelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

AGAR GEL DIFFUSION; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BOVINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; CATTLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COW; DAIRY CATTLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNODIFFUSION; NONHUMAN; SEROCONVERSION; SEROLOGY; SURVIVAL; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; BOVINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS;

EID: 0038499699     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2003.223.229     Document Type: Article

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