Prevalence of viral infections in captive collections of boid snakes in Germany

Veterinary Record

Volumn 166, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 422-425

  Pees, M ^a   Schmidt, V ^a   Marschang, R E ^b   Heckers, K O ^c   Krautwald Junghanns, M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^c LABOKLIN GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRIDAE; BOIDAE; ORTHOREOVIRUS; PAPAYA MOSAIC VIRUS; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE; SERPENTES;

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; FEMALE; GERMANY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PARAMYXOVIRUS; PARAMYXOVIRUS INFECTION; PREVALENCE; RETROVIRUS; RETROVIRUS INFECTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SNAKE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INCLUSION; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BOIDAE; FEMALE; GERMANY; INCLUSION BODIES, VIRAL; MALE; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; RETROVIRIDAE; RETROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 77950946929     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.b4819     Document Type: Article

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