Epizootic malignant catarrhal fever in three bison herds: Differences from cattle and association with ovine herpesvirus-2

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 497-502

  Schultheiss, Patricia C ^a   Collins, James K ^a   Spraker, Terry R ^a   DeMartini, James C ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BUFFALO; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDEMIC; HERPES VIRUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP; UNITED STATES;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BISON; CATTLE; COLORADO; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HERPESVIRIDAE; MALIGNANT CATARRH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP;

EID: 0034330661     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063870001200602     Document Type: Article

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