Comparative evaluation of diagnostic techniques for bovine viral diarrhoea virus in aborted and stillborn fetuses

Veterinary Record

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 56-58

  Graham, D A ^a   Beggs, N ^a   Mawhinney, K ^a   Calvert, V ^a   Cunningham, B ^a   Rowan Layberry, L ^a   McLaren, I ^a  

^a AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

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BOVINAE;

EID: 58449133743     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.164.2.56     Document Type: Article

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