Transmission and control implications of seroconversion to Maedi-Visna virus in Basque dairy-sheep flocks

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 265-279

  Berriatua, Eduardo ^a   Álvarez, Vega ^a   Extramiana, Belén ^a   González, Lorenzo ^a,b   Daltabuit, Mara ^a   Juste, Ramón ^a  

^a NEIKER and a Vaccine producing Commercial Company CZVSL   (Spain)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Control; Dairy sheep; Logistic regression; Maedi Visna; Ovine progressive pneumonia; Random effects; Transmission

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE; MAEDI-VISNA VIRUS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; VISNA VIRUS;

EID: 0041783601     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(03)00163-6     Document Type: Article

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