Canine distemper virus infection in Serengeti spotted hyaenas

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 147-152

  Haas, Ludwig ^a   Hofer, Heribert ^b   East, Marion ^b   Wohlsein, Peter ^a   Liess, Bernd ^a   Barrett, Thomas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b Seewiesen   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Canine distemper; Sequence comparison; Spotted hyaenas

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CANINE DISTEMPER MORBILLIVIRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYENA; NONHUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TANZANIA; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0029926267     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1135(95)00180-8     Document Type: Article

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