Field observations during the Bluetongue serotype 8 epidemic in 2006. II. Morbidity and mortality rate, case fatality and clinical recovery in sheep and cattle in the Netherlands

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 87, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 31-40

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

^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

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; STATISTICAL MODEL; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MORBIDITY; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; BOS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 49749143345     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2008.06.003     Document Type: Article

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