Eastern equine encephalitis in 9 South American camelids

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 846-852

  Nolen Walston, Rose ^a,e   Bedenice, Daniela ^a   Rodriguez, Carlos ^b   Rushton, Steven ^c   Bright, Amy ^d   Fecteau, Marie Eve ^e   Short, Diana ^e   Majdalany, Ron ^f   Tewari, Deepanker ^g   Pedersen, Douglas ^h   Kiupel, Matti ⁱ   Maes, Roger ⁱ   Del Piero, Fabio ^e  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^c North Carolina Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory   (United States)

^d Webster Veterinary Hospital   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f Seekonk Veterinary Hospital   (United States)

^g Pennsylvania Animal Diagnostic Laboratory System   (United States)

^h National Veterinary Services Laboratories   (United States)

ⁱ MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpaca; Alphavirus; Arbovirus; Encephalitis; Llama; Neurologic disease; Togavirus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; BRAIN; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FEMALE; MALE; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CAMELIDS, NEW WORLD; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, EASTERN EQUINE; FEMALE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

ALPHAVIRUS; ANIMALIA; ARBOVIRUS; ARTIODACTYLA; CAMELIDAE; EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; EQUIDAE; LAMA (MAMMAL); LAMA PACOS; MAMMALIA; TOGAVIRIDAE;

EID: 34547775191     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1892/0891-6640(2007)21[846:EEEISA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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