Acute hemorrhagic and necrotizing pneumonia, splenitis, and dermatitis in a pet rabbit caused by a novel herpesvirus (leporid herpesvirus-4)

Canadian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1383-1386

  Brash, Marina L ^a   Nagy, Éva ^a   Pei, Yanlong ^a   Carman, Susy ^a   Emery, Susan ^a   Smith, Alec E ^b   Turner, Patricia V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b Northwestern Veterinary Hospital   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHAHERPESVIRINAE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DERMATITIS; FATALITY; FEMALE; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; RABBIT; SPLEEN DISEASE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

ALPHAHERPESVIRINAE; ANIMALS; DERMATITIS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; RABBITS; SPLENIC DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; HERPESVIRIDAE; LEPORIDAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 78751535254     PISSN: 00085286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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