Effect of an inactivated bluetongue serotype 8 vaccine on semen quality in rams

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 193, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 567-569

  Leemans, Jérôme ^a   Raes, Marianne ^a   Saegerman, Claude ^b   Sustronck, Bart ^c   Makoschey, Birgit ^d   Kirschvink, Nathalie ^a  

^a University of Namur   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c MERCK ANIMAL HEALTH   (United States)

^d INTERVET INTERNATIONAL BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bluetongue virus serotype 8; Inactivated monovalent vaccine; Ram; Semen quality

Indexed keywords

LIVE VACCINE; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS VACCINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; BODY TEMPERATURE MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; MALE; MALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; SEROTYPE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SPERM QUALITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; VACCINATION; VIRUS ATTENUATION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BELGIUM; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SHEEP; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; VACCINES, INACTIVATED; VIRAL VACCINES;

ANIMALIA; BLUETONGUE VIRUS 8;

EID: 84865863657     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: 15322971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2012.01.020     Document Type: Article

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