A cross-sectional study to determine the seroprevalence of bluetongue virus serotype 8 In sheep and goats In 2006 and 2007 In the Netherlands

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 4, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Elbers, Armin R W ^a   Popma, Johan ^a   Oosterwolde, Sandra ^a   Rijn, Piet A Van ^a   Vellema, Piet ^b   Van Rooij, Eugène M A ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b GD ANIMAL HEALTH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; BLUETONGUE VIRUS 8; BOS; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES;

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NETHERLANDS; SEROTYPING; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; NETHERLANDS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEROTYPING; SHEEP;

EID: 53549130994     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-4-33     Document Type: Article

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