Quantification and at-risk period of decreased fertility associated with exposure to bluetongue virus serotype 8 in naïve dairy herds

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 3008-3020

  Nusinovici, S ^a,b,c   Seegers, H ^a,b,c   Joly, A ^a,b,c   Beaudeau, F ^a,b,c   Fourichon, C ^a,b,c  

^a LUNAM UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

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

^c Laboratoire d'Acoustique Environnementale   (France)

Author keywords

Bluetongue; Cow; Epidemiology; Fertility

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; TIME; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FEMALE; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

BLUETONGUE VIRUS 8;

EID: 84862102881     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2011-4799     Document Type: Article

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