Lumpy Skin Disease in Jordan: Disease Emergence, Clinical Signs, Complications and Preliminary-associated Economic Losses

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 549-554

  Abutarbush, S M ^a   Ababneh, M M ^a   Al Zoubi, I G ^a   Al Sheyab, O M ^a   Al Zoubi, M G ^b   Alekish, M O ^a   Al Gharabat, R J ^c  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b Ministry of Education   (Jordan)

^c Triple for Drug and Trade   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Cattle; Emerging diseases; Jordan; Lumpy skin disease; Middle East

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BOVINE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JORDAN; LUMPY SKIN DISEASE; LUMPY SKIN DISEASE VIRUS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; FEMALE; JORDAN; LUMPY SKIN DISEASE; LUMPY SKIN DISEASE VIRUS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84940583410     PISSN: 18651674     EISSN: 18651682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tbed.12177     Document Type: Article

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