Outbreaks of infectious keratoconjunctivitis in alpine chamois and ibex in Switzerland between 2001 and 2003

Veterinary Record

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 13-18

  Tschopp, R ^a   Frey, J ^b   Zimmermann, L ^b   Giacometti, M ^c  

^a ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c Wildvet Projects   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLINDNESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GOAT; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; MALE; MORTALITY; MYCOPLASMA CONJUNCTIVAE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POOR GENERAL CONDITION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUMMER; SURVIVAL; SWITZERLAND;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; CAPRA IBEX; MYCOPLASMA CONJUNCTIVAE; NEGIBACTERIA; RUPICAPRA RUPICAPRA;

EID: 22144465183     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.157.1.13     Document Type: Article

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