Viral diseases of the rabbit

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Exotic Animal Practice

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 123-138

  Krogstad, Aric P ^a   Simpson, Janet E ^a   Korte, Scott W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; VIRUS VACCINE;

ANIMAL DISEASE; BLEEDING DISORDER; CALICIVIRUS; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONAVIRUS; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENTERITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HERPES VIRUS; LEPORIPOXVIRUS; MORTALITY; MYXOMA VIRUS; MYXOMATOSIS; NONHUMAN; PAPILLOMA; PAPILLOMA VIRUS; PAPILLOMATOSIS; PARVOVIRUS; PLEURA EFFUSION; RABIES; REVIEW; ROTAVIRUS; SKIN DISEASE; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; RABBITS; VIRUS DISEASES; VIRUSES;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 10644289288     PISSN: 10949194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvex.2004.09.002     Document Type: Review

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