Serological survey of bluetongue virus serotype-8 infection in South American camelids in Switzerland (2007-2008)

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 426-430

  Zanolari, P ^a   Chaignat, V ^b   Kaufmann, C ^c   Mudry, M ^a   Griot, C ^b   Thuer, B ^c   Meylan, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c Veterinary Practice Mondo a   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alpaca; Elisa; Infectious disease; Llama; Orbivirus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; CATTLE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; SWITZERLAND; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CAMELIDS, NEW WORLD; CATTLE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; SWITZERLAND;

ANIMALIA; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; BLUETONGUE VIRUS 8; BOS; BOVIDAE; CAMELIDAE; LAMA (MAMMAL); LAMA GLAMA; LAMA PACOS; ORBIVIRUS;

EID: 77649147256     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: 19391676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-1676.2009.0464.x     Document Type: Article

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