Bluetongue sentinel surveillance program and cross-sectional serological survey in cattle in Belgium in 2010-2011

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 106, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 235-243

  Vangeel, I ^a   De Leeuw, I ^a   Meroc E ^a   Vandenbussche, F ^a   Riocreux, F ^a   Hooyberghs, J ^b   Raemaekers, M ^b   Houdart, P ^b   Van der Stede, Y ^a   De Clercq, K ^a  

^a VETERINARY AND AGROCHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^b Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain FASFC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bluetongue virus; Immunity; RT PCR; Sentinel surveillance; Seroprevalence; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BLOOD; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASON; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BELGIUM; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

ANIMALIA; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; BLUETONGUE VIRUS 8; BOS;

EID: 84865405912     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2012.03.011     Document Type: Article

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