Ulcerative vulvitis and balanitis in sheep flocks

Veterinary Record

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 86-89

  Pritchard, G C ^a   Scholes, S F E ^a   Foster, A P ^a   Mitchell, E S E ^a   Lawes, J ^a   Ibata, G ^a   Banks, M ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERPESVIRIDAE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMATALES; OVINE HERPESVIRUS 2; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 49149119260     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.163.3.86     Document Type: Article

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