Chronic rhinitis associated with herpesviral infection in captive spur-thighed tortoises from Spain

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 487-495

  Muro, J ^a   Ramis, A ^b   Pastor, J ^b   Velarde, R ^b   Tarres, J ^b   Lavin, S ^b  

^a Clínica Veterinaria Prat de la Creu   (Andorra)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chronic rhinitis; Epidemic; Herpesviral infection; Spur thighed tortoise; Testudo graeca graeca

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBULIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHRONIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GLOSSITIS; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MOUTH; PATHOLOGY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RHINITIS; SPAIN; STOMATITIS; TURTLE;

ALPHA-GLOBULINS; ANIMALS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GLOSSITIS; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; MALE; MOUTH; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RHINITIS; SPAIN; STOMATITIS; TURTLES;

EID: 0032113664     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-34.3.487     Document Type: Article

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