Identification of Group 1 Coronavirus Antigen in Multisystemic Granulomatous Lesions in Ferrets (Mustela putorius furo)

Journal of Comparative Pathology

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 54-58

  Martinez J ^a   Reinacher, M ^b   Perpinan D ^c   Ramis, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c OMAHA'S HENRY DOORLY ZOO AND AQUARIUM   (United States)

Author keywords

coronavirus; feline coronavirus; ferret; granuloma; Mustela putorius furo; viral infection

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONAVIRUS; CYTOPLASM; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FERRET; GRANULOMA; GRANULOMATOSIS; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGE; NECROTIZING ARTERITIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE NECROSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FERRETS; GRANULOMA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

ANIMALIA; CORONAVIRUS; FELIDAE; FELINE CORONAVIRUS; MUSTELA; MUSTELA PUTORIUS FURO;

EID: 38349081308     PISSN: 00219975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2007.10.002     Document Type: Article

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