Ovine enzootic abortion (OEA): A comparison of antibody responses in vaccinated and naturally-infected swiss sheep over a two year period

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 3, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Gerber, Andrea ^a   Thoma, Ruedi ^b   Vretou, Evangelia ^c   Psarrou, Evgenia ^c   Kaiser, Carmen ^a   Doherr, Marcus G ^d   Zimmermann, Dieter R ^e   Polkinghorne, Adam ^a   Pospischil, Andreas ^a   Borel, Nicole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Cantonal Laboratory of Veterinary Bacteriology   (Switzerland)

^c HELLENIC PASTEUR INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CHLAMYDOPHILA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL VACCINE; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; LIVE VACCINE; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; RNA 23S;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CHLAMYDOPHILA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; SWITZERLAND; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL VACCINES; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SWITZERLAND; VACCINES, ATTENUATED;

EID: 38449095501     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-3-24     Document Type: Article

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