Treatment and Control of Respiratory Disease in Sheep

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Food Animal Practice

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 175-186

  Scott, Philip R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atypical pneumonia; Goat; Mannheimia haemolytica; Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae; Pasteurellosis; Prevention; Sheep; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL WELFARE; LUNG LAVAGE; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; WEATHER;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; WEATHER;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAPRA HIRCUS; MANNHEIMIA HAEMOLYTICA; MYCOPLASMA OVIPNEUMONIAE; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 78650844939     PISSN: 07490720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvfa.2010.10.016     Document Type: Review

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