Ultrasonographic assessment and ultrasound-guided biopsy of the retropharyngeal lymph nodes in Asian elephants (Elephas maximus)

Veterinary Record

Volumn 157, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 544-548

  Hildebrandt, T B ^a   Hermes, R ^a   Ratanakorn, P ^b   Rietschel, W ^c   Fickel, J ^a   Frey, R ^a   Wibbelt, G ^a   Reid, C ^a   Goritz F ^a  

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

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c Wilhelma   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASIA; AUTOPSY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; ECHOGRAPHY; ELEPHANT; FATALITY; FEMALE; HERPES VIRUS; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LATENT VIRUS INFECTION; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

ANIMALIA; DNA VIRUSES; ELEPHANTIDAE; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS; HERPESVIRIDAE; LOXODONTA;

EID: 27944506918     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.157.18.544     Document Type: Article

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