Concurrent rabies and canine distemper encephalitis in a raccoon (Procyon lotor)

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 194-196

  Hamir, Amir N ^a,d   Summers, Brian A ^b   Rupprecht, Charles E ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CANINE DISTEMPER MORBILLIVIRUS; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; DOG DISEASE; GLIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PURKINJE CELL; RABIES; RACCOON; VIROLOGY; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; DISTEMPER; DISTEMPER VIRUS, CANINE; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; MALE; NEUROGLIA; PURKINJE CELLS; RABIES; RACCOONS;

EID: 0032040232     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063879801000218     Document Type: Article

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