Increase in the occurrence of abortions associated with exposure to the Bluetongue virus serotype 8 in naïve dairy herds

Theriogenology

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1140-1151

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

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

^b Laboratoire d'Acoustique Environnementale   (France)

Author keywords

Abortion; Bluetongue; Cow; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; DAIRYING; FEMALE; FRANCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PREGNANCY; VETERINARY ABORTION; VIROLOGY;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; FEMALE; FRANCE; PREGNANCY;

BLUETONGUE VIRUS; BLUETONGUE VIRUS 8; BOS;

EID: 84865404050     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2012.05.010     Document Type: Article

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