Immunohistochemical screening for viral agents in cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) with myelopathy

Veterinary Record

Volumn 159, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 557-561

  Shibly, S ^a   Schmidt, P ^a   Robert, N ^b   Walzer, C ^a   Url, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIDIN; BIOTIN; FORMALDEHYDE; PARAFFIN; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BORNA DISEASE VIRUS; BRAIN TISSUE; CANINE DISTEMPER MORBILLIVIRUS; CEREBELLUM INJURY; CHEETAH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PANENCEPHALITIS; PARALYSIS; PARESIS; PARVOVIRUS; POLIOMYELITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; TISSUE FIXATION; VIRUS DETECTION;

ACINONYX JUBATUS; ATAXIA; BORNA DISEASE VIRUS; CANINE DISTEMPER VIRUS; CANINE PARVOVIRUS; FELID HERPESVIRUS 1;

EID: 33750586895     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.159.17.557     Document Type: Article

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