Outbreaks of hyperkeratotic dermatitis of athymic nude mice in northern Italy

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 206-211

  Scanziani, E ^a,e   Gobbi, A ^b   Crippa, L ^c   Giusti, A M ^d   Giavazzi, R ^b   Cavalletti, E ^c   Luini, M ^d  

^a Facolta di Medicina Veterinaria   (Italy)

^b MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^c Boehringer Mannheim Italia   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA LOMBARDIA E DELL EMILIA ROMAGNA   (Italy)

^e Istituto di Anatomia Patologica Veterinaria e Patologia Aviare   (Italy)

Author keywords

Corynebacterium bovis; Hyperkeratotic dermatitis; Nude mice

Indexed keywords

KERATIN;

ACANTHOSIS; ACTINOMYCETALES; ARTICLE; DERMATITIS; GRAM STAINING; HYPERKERATOSIS; ITALY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUDE MOUSE; SKIN INFLAMMATION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIACEAE; CORYNEBACTERIUM BOVIS; CORYNEFORM BACTERIUM; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0030743825     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/002367797780596310     Document Type: Article

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