Systemic AA-amyloidosis in a European wild boar (Sus scrofa) suffering from generalized tuberculosis

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series A: Physiology Pathology Clinical Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 135-137

  Segales J ^a   Vicente, J ^a,b   Lujan L ^a,c   Toussaint, M J M ^a,d   Gruys, E ^a,d   Gortazar C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; SUS SCROFA;

SERUM AMYLOID A;

AMYLOIDOSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATTLE; FATALITY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPH NODE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; SPAIN; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; TUBERCULOSIS; WILD ANIMAL;

AMYLOIDOSIS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CATTLE; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODES; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; SERUM AMYLOID A PROTEIN; SPAIN; SUS SCROFA; SWINE DISEASES; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 22844439024     PISSN: 0931184X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0442.2005.00703.x     Document Type: Article

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