Investigation of a bluetongue disease epizootic caused by bluetongue virus serotype 17 in sheep in Wyoming

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 237, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 955-959

  Miller, Myrna M ^a,b   Brown, Jeremy ^b   Cornish, Todd ^b   Johnson, Gregory ^c   Mecham, James O ^a   Reeves, Will K ^a,d   Wilson, William ^a,e  

^a USDA ARS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d US Army Public Health Command Region Pacifc Unit 46005   (United States)

^e AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; OVIS ARIES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; SHEEP; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; FEMALE; MALE; MONTANA; SHEEP; WYOMING;

EID: 78349286675     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.237.8.955     Document Type: Article

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