Risk factors associated with within-herd transmission of bovine leukemia virus on dairy farms in Japan

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 6, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Kobayashi, Sota ^a   Tsutsui, Toshiyuki ^a   Yamamoto, Takehisa ^a   Hayama, Yoko ^a   Kameyama, Ken ichiro ^a   Konishi, Misako ^a   Murakami, Kenji ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; BOVINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; TABANIDAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BOVINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DAIRYING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZOOTIC BOVINE LEUKOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; JAPAN; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; ENZOOTIC BOVINE LEUKOSIS; FEMALE; JAPAN; LEUKEMIA VIRUS, BOVINE; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 77951102327     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-6-1     Document Type: Article

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