Bluetongue virus serotype 8-associated congenital hydranencephaly in calves

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 293-298

  Vercauteren, G ^a   Miry, C ^b   Vandenbussche, F ^c   Ducatelle, R ^a   Van Der Heyden, S ^a   Vandemeulebroucke, E ^c   De Leeuw, I ^c   Deprez, P ^a   Chiers, K ^a   De Clercq, K ^c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b ANIMAL HEALTH CARE FLANDERS   (Belgium)

^c VETERINARY AND AGROCHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bluetongue virus; Cattle; Hydranencephaly; Serotype 8

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HYDRANENCEPHALY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; NEWBORN; PATHOGENICITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; SHEEP DISEASE; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HYDRANENCEPHALY; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RNA, VIRAL;

ANIMALIA; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; BLUETONGUE VIRUS 8; BOS; BOVINAE; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 49049101873     PISSN: 18651674     EISSN: 18651682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1865-1682.2008.01034.x     Document Type: Article

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