Cross-sectional sero-epidemiological survey of sarcoptic mange in sheep of Western Castile and Leon, Spain

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 96, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 226-231

  Rodriguez Cadenas F ^a   Carbajal Gonzalez M T ^a   Fregeneda Grandes, J M ^a   Aller Gancedo, J M ^a   Rojo Vazquez F A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

ELISA; Mange; Prevalence; Risk factors; Sarcoptes scabiei; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; SCABIES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; SPAIN;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; SCABIES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SPAIN;

OVIS; OVIS ARIES; SARCOPTES SCABIEI;

EID: 77956010924     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2010.06.014     Document Type: Article

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