Lungworm Infections in German dairy cattle herds--seroprevalence and GIS-supported risk factor analysis.

In November 2008, a total of 19,910 bulk tank milk (BTM) samples were obtained from dairy farms from all over Germany, corresponding to about 20% of all German dairy herds, and analysed for antibodies against the bovine lungworm Dictyocaulus viviparus by use of the recombinant MSP-ELISA. A total num...

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Main Authors: Anne-Marie Schunn, Franz J Conraths, Christoph Staubach, Andreas Fröhlich, Andrew Forbes, Thomas Schnieder, Christina Strube
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3764042?pdf=render