Experimental Transmission of a Herpesvirus in Greek Tortoises (Testudo graeca)

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 50-61

  Origgi, F C ^a,c   Romero, C H ^a   Bloom, D C ^b   Klein, P A ^b   Gaskin, J M ^a   Tucker, S J ^a   Jacobson, E R ^a  

^a University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Disease; ELISA; Herpesvirus; Pathology; PCR; RT PCR; SN; Tortoises; Virus

Indexed keywords

NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CRANIAL NERVE; DNA SEQUENCE; EUTHANASIA; EVALUATION; GREECE; HERPES VIRUS; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOUTH DISEASE; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; NOSE; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOLOGY; PROVOCATION TEST; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHINITIS; SEROLOGY; STOMATITIS; TURTLE; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BRAIN; CRANIAL NERVES; DNA PRIMERS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HERPESVIRIDAE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHINITIS; STOMATITIS; TURTLES;

ANIMALIA; DNA VIRUSES; HERPESVIRIDAE; TESTUDINES; TESTUDINIDAE; TESTUDO; TESTUDO GRAECA; TORTOISE HERPESVIRUS;

EID: 0742287472     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1354/vp.41-1-50     Document Type: Article

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