Herd-level determinants of bovine leukaemia virus prevalence in dairy farms

Journal of Dairy Research

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 445-450

  Erskine, Ronald J ^a   Bartlett, Paul C ^a   Byrem, Todd M ^b   Render, Chelsea L ^a   Febvay, Catherine ^a   Houseman, Jessica T ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AntelBioSytems Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Bovine leukosis; herd determinants; prevalence

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BLOOD; BOVINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; BREEDING; CATTLE; DAIRYING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZOOTIC BOVINE LEUKOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BREEDING; CATTLE; DAIRYING; ENZOOTIC BOVINE LEUKOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; LEUKEMIA VIRUS, BOVINE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84867758393     PISSN: 00220299     EISSN: 14697629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022029912000520     Document Type: Article

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