Epidemiological survey for visna-maedi among sheep in northern prefectures of Japan

Ovine sera collected from the northern Prefectures of Hokkaido, Iwate and Aomori in Japan, were examined for the presence of antibodies against visna-maedi virus using the agar gel immunodiffusion test and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays. Three animals (1.12%), out of 267 samples tested, were fou...

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Main Authors: Massimo Giangaspero, Takeshi Osawa, Riccardo Orusa, Jean-Pierre Frossard, Brindha Naidu, Serena Robetto, Shingo Tatami, Eishu Takagi, Hiroaki Moriya, Norimoto Okura, Kazuo Kato, Atsushi Kimura, Ryô Harasawa
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Language:English
Published: Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise G. Caporale 2011-12-01
Series:Veterinaria Italiana
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Online Access:http://www.izs.it/vet_italiana/2011/47_4/437.pdf