Descriptive study of an outbreak of equine sarcoid in a population of Cape mountain zebra (Equus zebra zebra) in the Gariep Nature Reserve

Journal of the South African Veterinary Association

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 184-190

  Nel, P J ^a   Bertschinger, H ^b   Williams, J ^b   Thompson, P N ^b  

^a Small Business Development   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cape mountain zebra; Equine sarcoid; Gariep Nature Reserve; Tumour

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HORSE DISEASE; INCIDENCE; INGUINAL REGION; MALE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION SIZE; PREVALENCE; SARCOIDOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS ZEBRA; EQUUS ZEBRA ZEBRA;

EID: 34047141800     PISSN: 10199128     EISSN: 22249435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/jsava.v77i4.375     Document Type: Article

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