Intracranial abscessation in white-tailed deer of North America

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 661-670

  Baumann, Christopher D ^a   Davidson, William R ^a   Roscoe, Douglas E ^b   Beheler Amass, Kerry ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Game Wildl   (United States)

^c WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Arcanobacterium pyogenes; Case reports; Intracranial abscess; Natural mortality; Odocoileus virginianus; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

ARCANOBACTERIUM PYOGENES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

ABSCESS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRAIN ABSCESS; DEER; FEMALE; HORN; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NECROSIS; NORTH AMERICA; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKULL; SYNDROME;

ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; ANIMAL; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTLERS; BRAIN ABSCESS; DEER; FEMALE; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NECROSIS; NORTH AMERICA; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; SKULL; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPURATION; SYNDROME;

EID: 0035489134     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-37.4.661     Document Type: Article

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