Investigations on Bovine Ephemeral fever virus in Egyptian cows and buffaloes with emphasis on isolation and identification of a field strain

Global Veterinaria

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 447-452

  Zaher, Kawther S ^a   Ahmed, Wahid M ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

BEF; Bovine Ephemeral fever; Electron microscopy; IFT; NT; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; BOVINE EPHEMERAL FEVER VIRUS; BUBALUS;

EID: 80051925407     PISSN: 19926197     EISSN: 19998163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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