Effect of dexamethasone administration on bulls with a localized testicular infection with bovine viral diarrhea virus

Canadian Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 56-62

  Walz, Paul H ^a   Givens, M Daniel ^a   Cochran, Anna ^a   Navarre, Christine B ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BOVINE DIARRHEA VIRUS; BULL (BOVINE); BULLOCK; CATTLE DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; INOCULATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORCHITIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEROCONVERSION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS REACTIVATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BOVINE VIRUS DIARRHEA-MUCOSAL DISEASE; CATTLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DEXAMETHASONE; DIARRHEA VIRUSES, BOVINE VIRAL; MALE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMEN; TESTICULAR DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIREMIA;

BOVINE VIRAL DIARRHEA VIRUS 1;

EID: 38449085508     PISSN: 08309000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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