Outbreak of common midwife toad virus in alpine newts (Mesotriton alpestris cyreni) and common midwife toads (Alytes obstetricans) in Northern Spain: A comparative pathological study of an emerging ranavirus

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 256-258

  Balseiro, Ana ^a   Dalton, Kevin P ^b   del Cerro, Ana ^a   Márquez, Isabel ^a   Parra, Francisco ^b   Prieto, José M ^a   Casais, R ^a  

^a Área de Sistemas de Producción Animal   (Spain)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA Y BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alpine newt; Common midwife toad virus; Immunohistochemistry; Mesotriton alpestris cyreni; Pathology; Ranavirus

Indexed keywords

POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; COMMON MIDWIFE TOAD VIRUS; EPIDEMIC; EPITHELIUM CELL; GANGLION; GLOMERULUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IRIDOVIRUS; KIDNEY TUBULE EPITHELIUM; NATIONAL PARK; NEWT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RANAVIRUS INFECTION; SPAIN; TOAD; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; BUFO BUFO; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; KIDNEY CORTEX NECROSIS; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; LARVA; RANAVIRUS; SALAMANDRIDAE; SPAIN;

ALYTES OBSTETRICANS; RANAVIRUS; TRITURUS ALPESTRIS;

EID: 78149415158     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2009.07.038     Document Type: Article

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