The effect of becoming BVDV-free on fertility and udder health in Dutch dairy herds

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 84, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 48-60

  Berends, I M G A ^a,b   Swart, W A J M ^b   Frankena, K ^a   Muskens, J ^b   Lam, T J G M ^b,c   van Schaik, G ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b GD ANIMAL HEALTH   (Netherlands)

^c Dutch Udder Health Centre   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

BVDV; Dairy herds; Eradication programme; Fertility; Udder health

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BOVINE DIARRHEA VIRUS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NETHERLANDS; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; UDDER; VIROLOGY;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BOVINE VIRUS DIARRHEA-MUCOSAL DISEASE; CATTLE; DAIRYING; DIARRHEA VIRUSES, BOVINE VIRAL; FEMALE; FERTILITY; INCIDENCE; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MASTITIS, BOVINE; NETHERLANDS;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINE VIRAL DIARRHEA VIRUS 1;

EID: 39149090688     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2007.11.002     Document Type: Article

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