Wasting syndrome in Swedish moose (Alces alces L.) - Results from field necropsies

Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 35-43

  Rehbinder, Claes ^a,b,c   Cedersmyg, Maria ^d   Frölich, Kai ^d   Söderström, Lars ^d  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Board of Agriculture   (Sweden)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Abiotrophy; Alces alces; Anti herbivory compounds; Malnutrition; Moose; Trace elements; Virus; Wasting disease

Indexed keywords

COPPER; MOLYBDENUM; TRACE ELEMENT; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; APATHY; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; AUTOPSY; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BIRCH; BOVINE DIARRHEA VIRUS; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CIRCLING BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; EDEMA; FEMALE; HERBIVORY; HYPEREMIA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MOOSE; NONHUMAN; PINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECUMBENCY; RISK FACTOR; RUMINANT STOMACH; STARVATION; SYMPTOM; TISSUE LEVEL; WASTING SYNDROME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ALCES ALCES; ANIMALIA; BETULA; BOVINAE; BOVINE VIRAL DIARRHEA VIRUS 1;

EID: 2442554948     PISSN: 0891060X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08910600410026201     Document Type: Article

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