Q fever abortions in ruminants and associated on-farm risk factors in northern Cyprus

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Cantas, Leon ^a   Muwonge, Adrian ^a   Sareyyupoglu, Baris ^b   Yardimci, Hakan ^b   Skjerve, Eystein ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome; Diagnostic Agreement; Poor Hygiene; Superoxide Dismutase Gene; Tick Species

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYPRUS; FEMALE; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; Q FEVER; RISK FACTOR; RUMINANT STOMACH; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ABOMASUM; ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CYPRUS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; Q FEVER; RISK FACTORS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 79952700100     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-7-13     Document Type: Article

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