Case report: Necrotic glossitis and sinusitis in a cow caused apparently by a Fusobacterium necrophorum like microorganism

Berliner und Munchener Tierarztliche Wochenschrift

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 211-213

  Yeruham, I ^a,b   Elad, D ^a   Yakobson, B ^a   Machnai, B ^b   Perl, S ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b Hachaklait ^*  (Israel)

Author keywords

Cow; Fusobacterium necrophorum; Glossitis; Necrosis; Sinusitis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; GLOSSITIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NECROSIS; PATHOLOGY; SINUSITIS; TONGUE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FEMALE; FUSOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; GLOSSITIS; NECROSIS; SINUSITIS; TONGUE;

EID: 0032084370     PISSN: 00059366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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