Intracranial granuloma caused by asporogenic Aspergillus fumigatus in a harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)

Veterinary Record

Volumn 159, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 458-460

  Dagleish, M P ^a   Patterson, I A P ^b   Foster, G ^b   Reid, R J ^b   Linton, C ^c   Buxton, D ^a  

^a MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Mycology Referebce Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; AUTOPSY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GRANULOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORPOISE; TISSUE CULTURE;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; PHOCOENA PHOCOENA; PHOCOENIDAE;

EID: 33749624902     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.159.14.458     Document Type: Article

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