Bovine papillomavirus type 1 and Equus caballus papillomavirus 2 in equine squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck in a Connemara mare

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 112-115

  Kainzbauer, C ^a   Rushton, J ^a   Tober, R ^a,d   Scase, T ^b,c   Nell, B ^a   Sykora, S ^a   Brandt, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b ANIMAL HEALTH TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

BPV; EcPV 2; Horse; Papillomavirus; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PAPILLOMA VIRUS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS;

BOVINE PAPILLOMAVIRUS; BOVINE PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPE 1; BOVINE PARVOVIRUS; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE;

EID: 83055194696     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: 20423306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-3306.2010.00358.x     Document Type: Article

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