Seroprevalence, clinical incidence, and molecular and epidemiological characterisation of small ruminant lentivirus in the indigenous Passirian goat in northern Italy

Archives of Virology

Volumn 153, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1581-1585

  Gufler, Helmuth ^a   Moroni, Paolo ^b   Casu, Sara ^c   Pisoni, Giuliano ^b  

^a Veterinary Services Merano   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c Agricultural Research Agency of Sardinia   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; LENTIVIRINAE; RETROVIRUS INFECTION; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; ITALY; LENTIVIRUS; LENTIVIRUS INFECTIONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE; CAPRA HIRCUS; LENTIVIRUS; OVIS ARIES; SMALL RUMINANT LENTIVIRUS;

EID: 47549109017     PISSN: 03048608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00705-008-0136-4     Document Type: Article

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