DETECTION OF BOVINE RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS IN CALVES OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL, BRAZIL

During 20 months of the 1987-1990 period, lung tissue samples from 351 calves were obtained at a slaughterhouse. These calves were from counties nearby Porto Alegre. The direct and indirect fluorescent antibody tests (FAT) using polyclonal and monoclonal antibody conjugates were performed on frozen...

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Main Authors: Ivan Paulo Demartini Gonçalves, Agda Theisen Simanke, Heidy Christine Jost, Isidro Hôtzel, Adriana Dal Soglio, Valéria Moojen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Maria 1993-12-01
Series:Ciência Rural
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84781993000300029&lng=en&tlng=en