Polioencephalomalacia in a juvenile hooded seal (Cystophora cristata)

Veterinary Record

Volumn 158, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 516-518

  Dagleish, M P ^a   Patterson, I A P ^b   Foster, G ^b   Reid, R J ^b   Brain, L T A ^c   Buxton, D ^a  

^a The Moredum Research Institute   (United Kingdom)

^b Widelife Unit   (United Kingdom)

^c Fairview Veterinary Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRUCELLA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DEATH; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; EXHAUSTION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POLIOMYELITIS; SEAL;

ANIMALIA; BRUCELLA; CYSTOPHORA CRISTATA;

EID: 33646037951     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.158.15.516     Document Type: Article

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