Evidence of canine distemper and suggestion of preceding parvovirus-myocarditis in a eurasian badger (Meles meles)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 139-142

  Burtscher, Hugo ^a   Url, Angelika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Badger; Canine distemper virus; Immunohistochemistry; Meles meles; Myocarditis; Parvovirus

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLOOD; CANINE DISTEMPER MORBILLIVIRUS; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOG DISEASE; FATALITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MUSTELIDAE; MYOCARDITIS; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISTEMPER; DISTEMPER VIRUS, CANINE; FATAL OUTCOME; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MUSTELIDAE; MYOCARDITIS; PARVOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS;

CANINE DISTEMPER VIRUS; CANINE PARVOVIRUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; MELES MELES; PARVOVIRUS;

EID: 34047125387     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/05-016.1     Document Type: Review

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