Establishment of an early warning system against Bluetongue virus in Switzerland

Schweizer Archiv fur Tierheilkunde

Volumn 148, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 593-598

  Racloz, V ^a   Straver, R ^b   Kuhn, M ^a   Thur, B ^d   Vanzetti, T ^c   Stärk, Katharina D C ^a   Griot, C ^d   Cagienard, A ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL VETERINARY OFFICE   (Switzerland)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Cantonal Veterinary Office   (Switzerland)

^d INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bluetongue virus; Culicoides; Early warning system; Sentinel herd surveillance

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; BOS TAURUS; CULICOIDES IMICOLA; CULICOIDES OBSOLETUS; CULICOIDES PULICARIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33750922917     PISSN: 00367281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0036-7281.148.11.593     Document Type: Article

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