Reintroduction of clinically healthy tortoises: The herpesvirus trojan horse

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 218-220

  Martel, A ^a   Blahak, S ^b   Vlssenaekens, H ^a   Pasmans, F ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Veterinäruntersuohungsamt OWL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Herpesvirus; PCR; Reintroduction; Serology; Tortoises

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; HERPESVIRIDAE; TESTUDINIDAE; TORTOISE HERPESVIRUS;

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BLOOD; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HERPES VIRUS; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERODIAGNOSIS; TURTLE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS LATENCY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BELGIUM; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FEMALE; HERPESVIRIDAE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; MALE; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TURTLES; VIRUS LATENCY;

EID: 65249114092     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-45.1.218     Document Type: Article

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