Effects of housing on the incidence of visna/maedi virus infection in sheep flocks

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 415-421

  Leginagoikoa, I ^a   Minguijon E ^a   Juste, R A ^a   Barandika, J ^a   Amorena, B ^b   de Andres D ^b   Badiola, J J ^c   Lujan L ^c   Berriatua, E ^d  

^a NEIKER and a Vaccine producing Commercial Company CZVSL   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Control; Epidemiology; Housing; Incidence; Maedi visna virus; Management; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; COLOSTRUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MILK; NONHUMAN; SEROCONVERSION; SEROPREVALENCE; SHEEP; SHEEP FARMING; SPAIN; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VISNA VIRUS; AGING; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BREEDING; DAIRYING; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MAEDI VISNA; OVINE PROGRESSIVE PNEUMONIA; SHEEP DISEASE; STANDARD; VIROLOGY;

OVIS ARIES; VISNA/MAEDI VIRUS;

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BREEDING; COLOSTRUM; DAIRYING; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; INCIDENCE; MILK; PNEUMONIA, PROGRESSIVE INTERSTITIAL, OF SHEEP; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SPAIN; VISNA; VISNA-MAEDI VIRUS;

EID: 77955904366     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: 15322661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2009.11.006     Document Type: Article

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