Distemper virus as a cause of central nervous disease and death in badgers (Meles meles) in Denmark

Veterinary Record

Volumn 154, Issue 17, 2004, Pages 527-530

  Hammer, A S ^a   Dietz, H H ^a   Andersen, T H ^a   Nielsen, L ^b   Blixenkrone Moeller, M ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOLOGY; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CANINE DISTEMPER MORBILLIVIRUS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DENMARK; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARASITOLOGY; PNEUMONIA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RODENT; SEIZURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIROLOGY; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALIA; CANINE DISTEMPER VIRUS; MELES MELES; RODENTIA; TAXIDEA TAXUS; TAXIDIINAE;

EID: 2342585490     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.154.17.527     Document Type: Article

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