Impact of a natural bluetongue serotype 8 infection on semen quality of Belgian rams in 2007

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 244-251

  Kirschvink, Nathalie ^a   Raes, Marianne ^a   Saegerman, Claude ^b  

^a Faculty of Sciences   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bluetongue serotype 8; Infertility; Natural infection; Northern Europe; Semen; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FOLLOW UP; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; SEROTYPE; SHEEP; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; BELGIUM; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; INFERTILITY, MALE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SEMEN; SHEEP; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY;

ANIMALIA; BLUETONGUE VIRUS 8; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 69949098466     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2008.06.008     Document Type: Article

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