Epizootic congenital hydranencephaly and abortion in cattle due to bluetongue virus serotype 8 in the Netherlands

Tijdschrift voor Diergeneeskunde

Volumn 134, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 422-427

  Wouda, W ^a   Peperkamp, T ^a   Roumen, M ^a   Muskens, J ^a   Van Rijn, P A ^b   Vellema, P ^a  

^a GD ANIMAL HEALTH   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLUETONGUE VIRUS; BLUETONGUE VIRUS 8; BOS; OVIS ARIES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HYDRANENCEPHALY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; SEROTYPING; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; VETERINARY ABORTION; VIROLOGY;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HYDRANENCEPHALY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; NETHERLANDS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SEROTYPING; SHEEP;

EID: 67649231239     PISSN: 00407453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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