Herpesviruses in Tortoises: Investigations into Virus Isolation and the Treatment of Viral Stomatitis in Testudo hermanni and T. graeca

Journal of Veterinary Medicine, Series B

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 385-394

  Marschang, R E ^a   Gravendyck, M ^a   Kaleta, E F ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ENTEROBACTER; HERPES; HERPESVIRIDAE; TESTUDINES; TESTUDINIDAE; TESTUDO GRAECA; TESTUDO HERMANNI;

ACICLOVIR; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; GANCICLOVIR; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CELL CULTURE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HERPES VIRUS; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEUKOCYTE; PATHOLOGY; PHARYNX; RHINITIS; STOMATITIS; TURTLE; VIROLOGY;

ACYCLOVIR; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CELLS, CULTURED; CONJUNCTIVITIS; GANCICLOVIR; HERPESVIRIDAE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; LEUKOCYTES; PHARYNX; RHINITIS; STOMATITIS; TURTLES;

EID: 0031225524     PISSN: 09311793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0450.1997.tb00989.x     Document Type: Article

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