Diagnosis of the nervous form of maedi-visna infection with a high frequency in sheep in Castilla y León, Spain

Veterinary Record

Volumn 158, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 230-235

  Benavides, J ^a   Gomez N ^a   Gelmetti, D ^b   Ferreras, M C ^a   Garcia Pariente C ^a   Fuertes, M ^a   Garcia Marin J F ^a   Perez V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA LOMBARDIA E DELL EMILIA ROMAGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARAFFIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BLINDNESS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FREEZING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NONHUMAN; NYSTAGMUS; PARESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; SHEEP DISEASE; SPAIN; THAWING; VIRUS INFECTION; VISNA VIRUS;

ANIMALIA; ATAXIA; OVIS ARIES; VISNA/MAEDI VIRUS;

EID: 33344457427     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.158.7.230     Document Type: Article

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