Decay of Acquired Colostral Antibodies to Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae in Pigs

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series B: Infectious Diseases and Veterinary Public Health

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 430-435

  Vigre, H ^a,b,c   Ersboll A K ^a,b,c   Sorensen V ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c Res Ctr Mgmt Anim Prod Hlth   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACILLUS INFECTIONS; ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; COLOSTRUM; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNITY, MATERNALLY-ACQUIRED; PLEUROPNEUMONIA; SEROTYPING; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

ACTINOBACILLUS; ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE SEROVAR 2; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0344118048     PISSN: 09311793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0931-1793.2003.00700.x     Document Type: Article

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