The eradication experience of enzootic bovine leukosis from Lithuania

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 82, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 83-89

  Acaite, J ^a   Tamosiunas, V ^a   Lukauskas, K ^b   Milius, J ^c   Pieskus, J ^a  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b State Food and Veterinary Service   (Lithuania)

^c Lithuanian Veterinary Academy   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Agar gel immunodiffusion; Bovine; Enzootic leukosis; Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; Epidemiology; Eradication; Lithuania

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BOVINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LITHUANIA;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; ENZOOTIC BOVINE LEUKOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; LEUKEMIA VIRUS, BOVINE; LITHUANIA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

BOS; BOVINAE; BOVINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS;

EID: 34548427806     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2007.05.010     Document Type: Article

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