Bluetongue disease reaches Switzerland;Blauzungenkrankheit erreicht die Schweiz

Schweizer Archiv fur Tierheilkunde

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 49-56

  Hofmann, M ^a   Griot, Christian ^a   Chaignat, V ^a   Perler, L ^b   Thur B ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL VETERINARY OFFICE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Animal diseases; Bluetongue disease; Culicoides; Diagnostics; Ruminants; Switzerland; Vectors

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SHEEP DISEASE; SWITZERLAND; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWITZERLAND;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVIDAE; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 39449139027     PISSN: 00367281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0036-7281.150.2.49     Document Type: Review

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