The seroprevalence of foot-and-mouth disease in the sedentary livestock herds in four districts of Bhutan

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 100, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 231-236

  Dukpa, Kinzang ^a,b   Robertson, Ian D ^b   Ellis, Trevor M ^b  

^a Ministry of Agriculture and Forests   (Bhutan)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bhutan; Foot and mouth disease; Non structural proteins; Sedentary herds; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BHUTAN; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; LIVESTOCK; RISK FACTOR; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BHUTAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE; GEOGRAPHY; LIVESTOCK; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

ANIMALIA; BOS; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES; SUIDAE;

EID: 79957929473     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2011.04.013     Document Type: Article

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