Epidemiologic characteristics of bluetongue virus serotype 8 laboratory-confirmed outbreaks in The Netherlands in 2007 and a comparison with the situation in 2006

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 92, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 1-8

  Elbers, Armin R W ^a   van der Spek, Arco N ^b   van Rijn, Piet A ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Voedsel en Waren Autoriteit Netherlands   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bluetongue serotype 8; Case fatality; Fertility problems; Morbidity and mortality incidence rate

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIC; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; REPRODUCTION; SHEEP; TIME; VETERINARY ABORTION; VIROLOGY;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; NETHERLANDS; REPRODUCTION; SHEEP; TIME FACTORS;

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

EID: 70349301327     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2009.08.007     Document Type: Article

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