Fatalities in Wild Goats in Kurdistan Associated with Peste Des Petits Ruminants Virus

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 173-176

  Hoffmann, B ^a   Wiesner, H ^b   Maltzan, J ^b   Mustefa, R ^c   Eschbaumer, M ^a   Arif, F A ^d   Beer, M ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b Academy for the Protection of Zoo and Wild Animals   (Germany)

^c Mirga Sur ^*  (Iraq)

^d Herman Institute for Research Communication Culture   (Iraq)

Author keywords

Capra aegagrus; Iraq; Kurdistan; Peste des petits ruminants virus; Wild goat

Indexed keywords

VIRUS VACCINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; IRAQ; MEASLES VIRUS; MORTALITY; PESTE DES PETITS RUMINANTS; VIROLOGY; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; IRAQ; PESTE-DES-PETITS-RUMINANTS; PESTE-DES-PETITS-RUMINANTS VIRUS; VIRAL VACCINES;

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE; CAPRA AEGAGRUS; CAPRA HIRCUS; MEASLES VIRUS; PESTE-DES-PETITS-RUMINANTS VIRUS;

EID: 84858003068     PISSN: 18651674     EISSN: 18651682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1865-1682.2011.01270.x     Document Type: Article

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