Ulcerative and papiliomatous digital dermatitis of the pastern region in dairy cattle: Clinical and histopathologicai studies

Deutsche Tierarztliche Wochenschrift

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 216-222

  El Ghoul, W ^a   Shaheed, B I ^b  

^a Cairo University   (Egypt)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Claw; Dairy cattle; Papillomatous digital dermatitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; FEMALE; HOOF AND CLAW; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PATHOLOGY; SKIN DISEASE; ULCER; VERRUCA VULGARIS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FEMALE; FOOT DERMATOSES; HOOF AND CLAW; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; OXYTETRACYCLINE; PENICILLIN G, BENZATHINE; PENICILLINS; ULCER; WARTS;

EID: 0035345797     PISSN: 03416593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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