Herpesvirus infection in tortoises (malacochersus tornieri and testudo horsfieldii)

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 624-627

  Une, Y ^a   Uemura, K ^b   Nakano, Y ^b   Kamiie, J ^b   Ishibashi, T ^b   Nomura, Y ^b  

^a AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Herpesviridae infection; Polymerase chain reaction; Tortoises (malacochersus tornieri and testudo horsfieldii)

Indexed keywords

HERPESVIRIDAE; MALACOCHERSUS TORNIERI; TESTUDINIDAE; TESTUDO HORSFIELDII;

PRIMER DNA; VIRUS DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPIDEMIC; GENETICS; HERPES VIRUS; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER; MOUTH MUCOSA; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TONGUE; TURTLE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INCLUSION;

ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, VIRAL; HERPESVIRIDAE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; INCLUSION BODIES, VIRAL; LIVER; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOUTH MUCOSA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TONGUE; TURTLES;

EID: 0033227659     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1354/vp.36-6-624     Document Type: Article

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