Spread of Coxiella burnetii infection in a flock of sheep after an episode of Q fever

Veterinary Record

Volumn 157, Issue 23, 2005, Pages 737-740

  Berri, M ^a   Crochet, D ^a   Santiago, S ^a   Rodolakis, A ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VACCINE; BODIBION; OXYTETRACYCLINE;

ABORTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HERD; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; Q FEVER; SEROLOGY; SHEEP DISEASE; VAGINA; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINA SMEAR;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COXIELLA BURNETII; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 32444449231     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.157.23.737     Document Type: Article

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