Demography of Q fever seroprevalence in sheep and goats in The Netherlands in 2008

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 109, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 76-82

  Van den Brom, R ^a   Moll, L ^a   van Schaik, G ^a   Vellema, P ^a  

^a GD ANIMAL HEALTH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

C. burnetii; Goat; Q fever; Risk factors; Seroprevalence; Sheep

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COXIELLA BURNETII; DEMOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; Q FEVER; RISK FACTOR; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; COXIELLA BURNETII; DEMOGRAPHY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; INCIDENCE; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; Q FEVER; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE; CAPRA HIRCUS; COXIELLA BURNETII; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84874236161     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2012.09.002     Document Type: Article

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