Abortion in sheep. 1. Investigation and principal causes

In Practice

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 40-46

  Mearns, Rebecca ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CEVAC CHLAMYDOPHILA; DECOQUINATE; ENZOVAX; INACTIVATED VACCINE; LIVE VACCINE; LONG ACTING DRUG; MYDIAVAC; OXYTETRACYCLINE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA ABORTUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG INDICATION; EWE; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LABORATORY TEST; MATERIALS HANDLING; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PROPHYLAXIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SHEEP FARMING; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; VETERINARY ABORTION; ZOONOSIS;

CAMPYLOBACTER; CHLAMYDOPHILA ABORTUS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 33846261938     PISSN: 0263841X     EISSN: 20427689     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/inpract.29.1.40     Document Type: Article

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