Bluetongue virus serotype 8 (BTV-8) infection reduces fertility of Dutch dairy cattle and is vertically transmitted to offspring

Theriogenology

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1377-1384

  Santman Berends, I M G A ^a   Hage, J J ^a   van Rijn, P A ^b   Stegeman, J A ^c   van Schaik, G ^a  

^a GD ANIMAL HEALTH   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bluetongue; Cattle; Fertility; Vertical transmission

Indexed keywords

VIRUS VACCINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; INFERTILITY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; TIME; VACCINATION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FEMALE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; INFERTILITY; PREGNANCY; TIME FACTORS; VACCINATION; VIRAL VACCINES;

BLUETONGUE VIRUS; BLUETONGUE VIRUS 8; BOS;

EID: 77957323600     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2010.06.008     Document Type: Article

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