An extended outbreak of congenital chondrodysplasia in calves in South East Australia

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 130-135

  Cave, J G ^a   McLaren, P J ^b   Whittaker, S J ^c   Rast, L ^c   Stephens, A ^c   Parker, E M ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b Gribbles Veterinary Pathology   (Australia)

^c Rural Lands Protection Board   (Australia)

Author keywords

Calves; Chondrodystrophy; Congenital chondrodysplasia; Outbreak

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEREDITARY MULTIPLE EXOSTOSIS; MALE; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EXOSTOSES, MULTIPLE HEREDITARY; FEMALE; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; VICTORIA;

AINO VIRUS; AKABANE VIRUS; OVIS ARIES; PESTIVIRUS;

EID: 41149111977     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2008.00266.x     Document Type: Article

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