Leukocyte counts in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid obtained from normal and Maedi-Visna-infected sheep

Veterinary Clinical Pathology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 397-402

  Katsoulos, Panagiotis D ^a   Christodoulopoulos, Georgios ^a   Kontopidis, Georgios ^a   Minas, Anastasios ^b   Tzivara, Athanasia ^a   Kritas, Spyridon K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LARISSA   (Greece)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bronchoalveolar lavage; Diagnosis; Maedi Visna; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; VISNA/MAEDI VIRUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GREECE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG; LUNG LAVAGE; PATHOLOGY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; VISNA VIRUS;

ANIMALS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; FEMALE; GREECE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG; PNEUMONIA, PROGRESSIVE INTERSTITIAL, OF SHEEP; SHEEP; VISNA-MAEDI VIRUS;

EID: 70350738502     PISSN: 02756382     EISSN: 1939165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-165X.2009.00129.x     Document Type: Article

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