Diseases in free-ranging bats from Germany

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 7, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Mühldorfer, Kristin ^a   Speck, Stephanie ^b   Wibbelt, Gudrun ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b BUNDESWEHR INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHIROPTERA; FELIS CATUS; VESPERTILIONIDAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; BRAIN; DISEASE CARRIER; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GERMANY; HEART MUSCLE; LUNG; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; TONGUE; VIROLOGY; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BRAIN; CHIROPTERA; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GERMANY; LUNG; MYOCARDIUM; TONGUE;

EID: 80054117919     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-7-61     Document Type: Article

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