Health status of a population of nutria (Myocastor coypus) living in a protected area in Italy

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 21-25

  Bollo, E ^a   Pregel, P ^a   Gennero, S ^b   Pizzoni, E ^b   Rosati, S ^a   Nebbia, P ^a   Biolatti, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b LIGURIA E VALLE D AOSTA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Encephalomyocarditis virus; Leptospira; Myocastor coypus; Pathology; Toxoplasma

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL HEALTH; ANIMAL SOCIETY; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CALCIFICATION; CHOLANGITIS; COCCIDIA; ENCEPHALOMYOCARDITIS VIRUS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FECES ANALYSIS; HEALTH STATUS; HEPATITIS; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; ITALY; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA BRATISLAVA; LEPTOSPIRA ICHTEROHAEMORRHAGIAE; LIVER NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PSEUDOMONAS; RODENT; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; VISCERA;

ENCEPHALOMYOCARDITIS VIRUS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; LEPTOSPIRA; MYOCASTOR COYPUS; PSEUDOMONAS; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0038760123     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-5288(03)00035-3     Document Type: Article

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