Clinical signs observed in Swiss sheep after experimental bluetongue virus serotype 8 infection;Blauzungenkrankheit bei Schweizer schafrassen: Klinische Symptome nach experimenteller infektion mit dem BTV-Serotyp 8

Schweizer Archiv fur Tierheilkunde

Volumn 150, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 491-498

  Worwa, G ^a   Thür, Barbara ^a   Griot, C ^a   Hofmann, M ^a   MacLachlan, J N ^b   Chaignat, V ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bluetongue disease; BTV serotype 8; Clinical signs; Experimental infection; Swiss sheep breed

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; BREEDING; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; MALE; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; SEROTYPING; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; SWITZERLAND; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; BREEDING; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; MALE; SEROTYPING; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHEEP; SWITZERLAND;

ANIMALIA; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; BLUETONGUE VIRUS 8; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 55349145253     PISSN: 00367281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0036-7281.150.10.491     Document Type: Article

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