Fatal cetacean morbillivirus infection in an Australian offshore bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 452-457

  Stone, B M ^a   Blyde, D J ^b   Saliki, J T ^c   Blas Machado, U ^c   Bingham, J ^d   Hyatt, A ^d   Wang, J ^d   Payne, J ^d   Crameri, S ^d  

^a QML Vetnostics   (Australia)

^b Sea World   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Cetacean; Cetacean morbillivirus; Morbillivirus; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN; CASE REPORT; FATALITY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MEASLES VIRUS; MORBILLIVIRUS INFECTION; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN; FATAL OUTCOME; MALE; MORBILLIVIRUS; MORBILLIVIRUS INFECTIONS;

ANIMALIA; CANINE DISTEMPER VIRUS; CETACEA; CETACEAN MORBILLIVIRUS; DOLPHIN MORBILLIVIRUS; MIRIDAE; MORBILLIVIRUS; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE; PHOCINE DISTEMPER VIRUS; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 80054739899     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: 17510813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2011.00849.x     Document Type: Article

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