Reduced likelihood of bovine coronavirus and bovine respiratory syncytial virus infection on organic compared to conventional dairy farms

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 182, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 436-440

  Bidokhti, Mehdi R M ^a   Tråvén, Madeleine ^a   Fall, Nils ^a   Emanuelson, Ulf ^a   Alenius, Stefan ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bovine coronavirus (BCV); Bovine respiratory syncytial virus (BRSV); Dairy herds; Organic; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CATTLE FARMING; CORONAVIRUS; DAIRY CATTLE; DAIRY PRODUCT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC FARMING; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; SEROPREVALENCE; VIRUS INFECTION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CORONAVIRUS, BOVINE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS, BOVINE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

ANIMALIA; BOVINE CORONAVIRUS; BOVINE RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS;

EID: 71549131626     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2008.08.010     Document Type: Article

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