Bluetongue in Belgium: Episode II

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 39-48

  Meroc E ^a   Herr, C ^a   Verheyden, B ^a   Hooyberghs, J ^b   Houdart, P ^b   Raemaekers, M ^b   Vandenbussche, F ^a   De Clercq, K ^a   Mintiens, K ^a  

^a VETERINARY AND AGROCHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^b Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belgium; Bluetongue; Correlation; Incidence; Mortality; Outbreaks

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PREGNANCY; SEROTYPING; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; VETERINARY ABORTION; VIROLOGY;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; BELGIUM; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; MALE; PREGNANCY; SEROTYPING; SHEEP;

ARTHROPODA; BOS; BOVIDAE; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 59549105882     PISSN: 18651674     EISSN: 18651682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1865-1682.2008.01063.x     Document Type: Article

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