Retrospective epidemiological investigation of an outbreak of bovine ephemeral fever in 1991 affecting dairy cattle herds on the Mediterranean coastal plain

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 190-193

  Yeruham, I ^a   Gur, Y ^b   Braverman, Y ^c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b Hachaklait Kfar Vitkin   (Israel)

^c KIMRON VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bovine ephemeral fever; Dairy cattle; Israel; Mediterranean coastal plain

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY CATTLE; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HERD; ISRAEL; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASHORE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS VIRULENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CATTLE; FEMALE;

BOS; BOVINAE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPHEMERAL FEVER; FEMALE; ISRAEL; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33846362579     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2005.09.008     Document Type: Article

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