Fatal inanition in reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus): Pathological findings in completely emaciated carcasses

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Josefsen, Terje D ^a,b   Sørensen, Karen K ^a,c   Mørk, Torill ^a   Mathiesen, Svein D ^b   Ryeng, Kathrine A ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BRYOPHYTA; GRANULA; HYPODERMA; HYPODERMA TARANDI; NEMATODA; OESTRIDAE; RANGIFER TARANDUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS TARANDUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; MALE; MORTALITY; NORWAY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REINDEER; STANDARD; STARVATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; CAUSE OF DEATH; EMACIATION; FEMALE; MALE; NORWAY; REINDEER; STARVATION;

EID: 36749019158     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1751-0147-49-27     Document Type: Article

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