Cerebrospinal fluid from a 7-month-old dog with seizure-like episodes

Veterinary Clinical Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 119-122

  Amude, Alexandre M ^a   Alfieri, Amauri A ^a   Balarin, Mara R S ^a   Dos Reis, Antônio C F ^a   Alfieri, Alice F ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Canine distemper virus; Cerebrospinal fluid; Dog; Neurologic signs; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CANINE DISTEMPER MORBILLIVIRUS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PATHOLOGY; SEIZURE;

AGING; ANIMALS; DISTEMPER; DISTEMPER VIRUS, CANINE; DOGS; MALE; RNA, VIRAL; SEIZURES;

CANINE DISTEMPER VIRUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 33645759989     PISSN: 02756382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-165X.2006.tb00101.x     Document Type: Article

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