Monitoring of African Swine Fever in the Wild Boar Population of the Most Recent Endemic Area of Spain

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 526-531

  Mur, L ^a   Boadella, M ^b   Martinez Lopez B ^a,b   Gallardo, C ^c   Gortazar, C ^b   Sanchez Vizcaino J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^c Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas   (Spain)

Author keywords

African swine fever; Freedom from disease; Spain; Sus scrofa

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN SWINE FEVER; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; MALE; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SPAIN; SWINE; VIROLOGY; WILD ANIMAL;

AFRICAN SWINE FEVER; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; MALE; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SPAIN; SUS SCROFA; SWINE;

AFRICAN SWINE FEVER VIRUS; ANIMALIA; IXODIDA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA; SUS SCROFA DOMESTICA;

EID: 84868194599     PISSN: 18651674     EISSN: 18651682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1865-1682.2012.01308.x     Document Type: Article

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