Seroprevalence and risk factors associated with Visna/Maedi virus in semi-intensive lamb-producing flocks in northwestern Spain

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 103, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 163-169

  Lago, N ^a   Lopez C ^a   Panadero, R ^a   Cienfuegos, S ^a   Pato, J ^a   Prieto, A ^a   Diaz P ^a   Mourazos, N ^a   Fernandez G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Lamb producing; Risk factors; Semi intensive; Seroprevalence; Sheep; Visna Maedi virus

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GOAT; MAEDI VISNA; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SHEEP; SPAIN; STATISTICAL MODEL; VISNA VIRUS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GOATS; HOUSING, ANIMAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SHEEP; SPAIN; VISNA; VISNA-MAEDI VIRUS;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES; VISNA/MAEDI VIRUS;

EID: 84655163183     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2011.09.019     Document Type: Article

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