Pulmonary pathology of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) stranded in England and Wales between 1990 and 1996

Veterinary Record

Volumn 146, Issue 25, 2000, Pages 721-728

  Jepson, P D ^a   Baker, J R ^b   Kuiken, T ^a,e   Simpson, V R ^c   Kennedy, S ^d   Bennett, P M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b The Dormie   (United Kingdom)

^c Veterinary Investigation Centre   (United Kingdom)

^d AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^e ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS; CORYPHAENIDAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MORBILLIVIRUS; PHOCOENA PHOCOENA; PHOCOENIDAE; PSEUDALIUS INFLEXUS; SALMONELLA; STREPTOCOCCUS CANIS; TORYNURUS CONVOLUTUS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; LUNG; MALE; NEMATODIASIS; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PNEUMONIA; PORPOISE; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRONCHITIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; LUNG; MALE; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PNEUMONIA; PORPOISES;

EID: 0034679148     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.146.25.721     Document Type: Article

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