Value of skin punch biopsies for the diagnosis of acute classical swine fever

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 697-701

  Kaden, Volker ^a   Lange, Elke ^a   Faust, Anja ^a   Teifke, Jens P ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Classical swine fever virus; Diagnosis; Hog cholera; Pig; RNA; Skin

Indexed keywords

CLASSICAL SWINE FEVER VIRUS; PESTIVIRUS; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA; SUS SCROFA DOMESTICA;

VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PESTIVIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; BIOPSY; CLASSICAL SWINE FEVER; CLASSICAL SWINE FEVER VIRUS; GENOTYPE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN; SWINE;

EID: 38449114650     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063870701900614     Document Type: Article

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