Field observations during the bluetongue serotype 8 epidemic in 2006. I. Detection of first outbreaks and clinical signs in sheep and cattle in Belgium, France and the Netherlands

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 87, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 21-30

  Elbers, Armin R W ^a   Backx, Anoek ^a   Meroc, Estelle ^b   Gerbier, Guillaume ^c   Staubach, Christoph ^d   Hendrickx, Guy ^e   van der Spek, Arco ^f   Mintiens, Koen ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VETERINARY AND AGROCHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^c CIRAD   (France)

^d FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^e AVIA GIS   (Belgium)

^f Voedsel en Waren Autoriteit Netherlands   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bluetongue; Case fatality; Clinical disease incidence; Clinical signs; Disease mortality

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PATHOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EUROPE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; BOS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 49749103139     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2008.06.004     Document Type: Article

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