Relationship between the level of antibodies in bulk tank milk and the within-herd seroprevalence of Coxiella burnetii in cows

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 140, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1710-1713

  Taurel, A F ^a,b,c,d   Guatteo, R ^a,b,c   Joly, A ^d   Beaudeau, F ^a,b,c  

^a LUNAM UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

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

^c LUNAM   (France)

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

Author keywords

Bulk tank milk; dairy cattle; Q fever; seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BULK TANK MILK; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; DAIRY CATTLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HERD; MILK; NONHUMAN; Q FEVER; SEROPREVALENCE; WITHIN HERD SEROPREVALENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COXIELLA BURNETII; DAIRYING; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FRANCE; LINEAR MODELS; MILK; PREVALENCE; Q FEVER; SEASONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 84864451718     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268811002275     Document Type: Article

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