Seroprevalence of Q fever in naturally infected dairy cattle herds

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 101, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 51-57

  Taurel, Anne Frieda ^a,b,c,d   Guatteo, Raphaël ^a,b,c   Joly, Alain ^d   Seegers, Henri ^a,b,c   Beaudeau, François ^a,b,c  

^a LUNAM UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b Epidemiology and Risk Analysis in Animal Health   (France)

^c L'UNAM   (France)

^d Union Bretonne des Groupements de Defense Sanitaire   (France)

Author keywords

Cattle; Dairy herd; Q fever; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COXIELLA BURNETII; DAIRYING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FRANCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; Q FEVER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COXIELLA BURNETII; DAIRYING; FEMALE; FRANCE; Q FEVER; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVIDAE; COXIELLA BURNETII;

EID: 79959497713     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2011.05.005     Document Type: Article

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