| goats and sheep as sentinels for tick-borne encephalitis (tbe) virus--epidemiological studies in areas endemic and non-endemic for tbe virus in germany. | the aim of the study was to examine grazing goats and sheep as specific sentinels for characterization of the tick-borne encephalitis virus (tbev)-related risk in an area by means of serosurveillance tests in the german federal states baden-wuerttemberg, bavaria, thuringia, north rhine-westphalia, lower saxony, schleswig-holstein, and mecklenburg-west pomerania. a total of 3590 sheep sera and 3793 goat sera was collected in 2003 and 2006-2009 and were examined by elisa screening and confirmed by ... | 2012 | 22309856 |