Clinical presentation and antiviral therapy for poxvirus infection in pudu (Pudu puda)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 412-418

  Junge, Randall E ^a   Duncan, Mary C ^a   Miller, R Eric ^a   Gregg, Douglas ^b   Kombert, Mark ^a,c  

^a St Louis Zoological Park   (United States)

^b National Veterinary Services Laboratories   (United States)

^c Cheyenne Mountain Zoological Society   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiviral therapy; Cidofovir; Poxvirus; Pudu; Pudu puda

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CIDOFOVIR; CYTOSINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND; PHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPIDEMIC; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PERISSODACTYLA; POXVIRUS; POXVIRUS INFECTION; SERODIAGNOSIS; TONGUE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT, VIRAL; CYTOSINE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PERISSODACTYLA; PHOSPHONIC ACIDS; POXVIRIDAE; POXVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; TONGUE;

EID: 0034280159     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/1042-7260(2000)031[0412:CPAATF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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