Transient decrease in blood heterophils and sustained liver damage caused by calicivirus infection of young rabbits that are naturally resistant to rabbit haemorrhagic disease

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 83-94

  Ferreira, P G ^a   Costa e Silva, A ^a   Monteiro, E ^a   Oliveira, M J R ^a   Aguas A P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Leukocytes; Liver pathology; Transaminases

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; LIVER ENZYME;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLEEDING DISORDER; CALICIVIRUS; CELL DAMAGE; CELL DEATH; CHRONICITY; CIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HEPATOBILIARY PARAMETERS; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; INOCULATION; LEUKOPENIA; LIVER CELL; LIVER INJURY; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS HEMAGGLUTINATION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALIA; CALICIVIRIDAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0346398572     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2003.08.003     Document Type: Article

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