Emerging capripoxvirus disease outbreaks in Himachal Pradesh, a Northern State of India

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 79-85

  Verma, S ^a   Verma, L K ^a   Gupta, V K ^a   Katoch, V C ^a   Dogra, V ^a   Pal, B ^a   Sharma, M ^a  

^a CSK HIMACHAL PRADESH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Capripoxvirus; Emerging; Goat pox; India; Sheep pox

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CAPRIPOXVIRUS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; GENETICS; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; INDIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POXVIRUS INFECTION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; CAPRIPOXVIRUS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; INDIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POXVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; CAPRIPOXVIRUS; OVIS ARIES; POXVIRIDAE; SHEEPPOX VIRUS;

EID: 78651112150     PISSN: 18651674     EISSN: 18651682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1865-1682.2010.01172.x     Document Type: Article

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