Body temperature patterns during natural fevers in a herd of free-ranging impala (Aepyceros melampus)

Veterinary Record

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 26-27

  Kamerman, P R ^a   Fuller, A ^a   Faurie, A S ^a   Mitchell, G ^a   Mitchell, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEPYCEROS MELAMPUS; MELAMPUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTELOPE; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; FEVER; INFECTION; RECTUM; REFERENCE VALUE;

ANIMALS; ANTELOPES; BODY TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; FEVER; INFECTION; RECTUM; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0035822497     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.149.1.26     Document Type: Article

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