Epizootiology and pathologic findings associated with a newly described adenovirus in the red squirrel, Sciurus vulgaris

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 442-456

  Martííez Jiménez, David ^a   Graham, David ^b   Couper, David ^a,c   Benkö, Maria ^d   Schöniger, Sandra ^c   Gurnell, John ^e   Sainsbury, Anthony W ^a  

^a ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^e QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adenovirus; Hexon; Pathology; Rodent; Sciuridae; Translocation

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRIDAE; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS CAROLINENSIS; SCIURUS VULGARIS; TAMIASCIURUS;

EID: 79953725746     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-47.2.442     Document Type: Article

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