Congenital defects of the ruminant nervous system

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Food Animal Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 413-434

  Washburn, Kevin E ^a   Streeter, Robert N ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGENESIS; AINO BUNYAVIRUS; ANENCEPHALUS; AUTOPSY; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; BOVIDS; BRAIN; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM HYPOPLASIA; CHUZAN VIRUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVULSION; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENCEPHALOMENINGOCELE; HOLOPROSENCEPHALY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MENINGOCELE; MICROCEPHALY; MYELODYSPLASIA; MYOCLONUS; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; NEUROPATHY; NONHUMAN; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; VERTEBRA MALFORMATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ANIMALS; BRAIN DISEASES; RUMINANTS; SPINAL CORD DISEASES;

BLUETONGUE VIRUS; BOVIDAE; BOVINAE; CAPRA; CHUZAN VIRUS; ORBIVIRUS; ORTHOBUNYAVIRUS; OVIS;

EID: 2942567947     PISSN: 07490720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvfa.2004.02.005     Document Type: Review

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