| serosurvey of schmallenberg virus infections in sheep and goat flocks in lower saxony, germany. | schmallenberg virus (sbv) infections can cause congenital musculoskeletal and vertebral malformations as well as neurological failures in foetuses of several ruminant species if susceptible mother animals were infected during early gestation. blood samples gained from 17 goat and 64 sheep flocks in lower saxony (ls), germany (january-may 2012), which is located in the core region of the 2011/2012 epidemic were tested for antibodies against sbv by elisa to detect past exposure to sbv. a sbv-speci ... | 2015 | 24119450 |