Ranavirus-associated mass mortality in imported red tailed knobby newts (Tylototriton kweichowensis): A case report

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 176, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 257-259

  Pasmans, Frank ^a   Blahak, Silvia ^b   Martel, An ^a   Pantchev, Nikola ^c   Zwart, Peer ^d  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Veterinäruntersuchungsamt OWL ^*  (Germany)

^c Vet Med Labor GmbH   (Germany)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Mortality; Newt; Ranavirus

Indexed keywords

CAPSID PROTEIN; FENBENDAZOLE; VIRUS PROTEIN;

AMBYSTOMA MEXICANUM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREEDING LINE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INCUBATION TIME; IRIDOVIRUS; MALE; MORTALITY; MYCOSIS; NEWT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRONGYLOIDEA; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAPSID PROTEINS; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANAVIRUS; SALAMANDRIDAE;

AMBYSTOMA MEXICANUM; FROG VIRUS 3; MIRIDAE; RANAVIRUS; RHABDIAS; SALAMANDRIDAE; TYLOTOTRITON;

EID: 40949115483     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2007.02.028     Document Type: Article

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