An epizootic of bovine ephemeral fever in New South Wales in 2008 associated with long-distance dispersal of vectors

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 301-306

  Finlaison, D S ^a   Read, A J ^a   Kirkland, P D ^a  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arbovirus; Bovine ephemeral fever; Cattle; Insect vectors; Wind dispersal

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD; BOVINE EPHEMERAL FEVER; CATTLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; RABIES VIRUS; RISK FACTOR; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; WEATHER; BOVINAE; BOVINE EPHEMERAL FEVER VIRUS; EPHEMERAL FEVER; TRANSMISSION; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CATTLE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPHEMERAL FEVER; EPHEMERAL FEVER VIRUS, BOVINE; FEMALE; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; RISK FACTORS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; WEATHER;

ARBOVIRUS; BOS; BOVINAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 77954809167     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: 17510813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2010.00596.x     Document Type: Article

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