Lethal outbreak of disease associated with feline calicivirus infection in cats

Veterinary Record

Volumn 158, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 544-550

  Coyne, K P ^a   Jones, B R D ^b   Kipar, A ^a   Chantrey, J ^a   Porter, C J ^a   Barber, P J ^a   Dawson, S ^a   Gaskell, R M ^a   Radford, A D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Park House Veterinary Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CALICIVIRUS; CAT DISEASE; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIC; FEVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFECTION CONTROL; JAUNDICE; LARYNX DISORDER; LETHALITY; LIVER NECROSIS; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; CALICIVIRIDAE; FELINE CALICIVIRUS;

EID: 33646365890     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.158.16.544     Document Type: Article

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