Survey of bluetongue virus infection in free-ranging wild ruminants in Switzerland

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 9, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Casaubon, Julien ^a   Chaignat, Valérie ^b   Vogt, Hans Rudolf ^a   Michel, Adam O ^a   Thür, Barbara ^b   Ryser Degiorgis, Marie Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bluetongue virus; Cross sectional study; Hemolysis; Switzerland; Toggenburg orbivirus; Wildlife samples

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; DEER; FEMALE; GOAT; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RUPICAPRA; SWITZERLAND; VIROLOGY; WILD ANIMAL; ARTICLE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; DEER; FEMALE; GOATS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RUPICAPRA; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84880508678     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-9-166     Document Type: Article

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