Tularemia in range sheep: An overlooked syndrome?

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 508-513

  O'Toole, Donal ^a,e   Williams, Elizabeth S ^a   Woods, Leslie W ^a   Mills, Kenneth ^a   Boerger Fields, Amy ^a   Montgomery, Donald L ^a   Jaeger, Paula ^a   Edwards, William H ^b   Christensen, Dwayne ^c   Marlatt, William ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b WYOMING GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^c Powder River Veterinary Clinic   (United States)

^d Belle Fourche Veterinary Clinic   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Abortion; Diagnosis; Francisella tularensis; Immunohistochemistry; Sheep; South Dakota; Tularemia; Wood tick; Wyoming

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; IXODIDA; OVIS ARIES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FETUS; LUNG; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; SPLEEN; TULAREMIA; UNITED STATES; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FETUS; IDAHO; LUNG; MONTANA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SPLEEN; TULAREMIA; WYOMING;

EID: 54549084433     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063870802000417     Document Type: Article

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