Cowpox virus pneumonia in a domestic cat in Great Britain

Veterinary Record

Volumn 160, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 522-523

  Schoniger S ^a   Chan, D L ^b   Hollinshead, M ^b   Humm, K ^c   Smith, G L ^c   Beard, P M ^c  

^a Department of Pathology and Infectious Diseases ^*

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COWPOX VIRUS; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 34247483202     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.160.15.522     Document Type: Review

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