Lumpy Skin Disease in Iraq: Study of the Disease Emergence

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 457-462

  Al Salihi, K A ^a   Hassan, I Q ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KERBALA   (Iraq)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAGHDAD   (Iraq)

Author keywords

Baghdad; Iraq; Lumpy skin disease; Middle east; Nineveh governorate; Ring vaccination

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BOVINE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; IRAQ; LUMPY SKIN DISEASE; LUMPY SKIN DISEASE VIRUS; NEWBORN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSMISSION; VACCINATION; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CATTLE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; IRAQ; LUMPY SKIN DISEASE; LUMPY SKIN DISEASE VIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VACCINATION;

EID: 84940595926     PISSN: 18651674     EISSN: 18651682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tbed.12386     Document Type: Article

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