Poxvirus infection outbreak in common ringtails (Pseudocheirus peregrinus)

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 143-145

  Vogelnest, L ^a   Stewart, S ^a   Sangster, C ^a  

^a Taronga Zoo   (Australia)

Author keywords

Common ringtail; Epidermal hyperplasia; Exophytic lesion; Orthopoxvirus; Poxvirus; Pseudocheirus peregrinus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; AUSTRALIA; CASE REPORT; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PATHOLOGY; POXVIRUS; POXVIRUS INFECTION; PROCYONIDAE; REVIEW; VIROLOGY; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; AUSTRALIA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; MALE; POXVIRIDAE; POXVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PROCYONIDAE;

BASSARISCUS; BASSARISCUS ASTUTUS; INVERTEBRATA; MACROPODIDAE; METATHERIA; ORTHOPOXVIRUS; POXVIRIDAE; PSEUDOCHEIRUS PEREGRINUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84858831896     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: 17510813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2011.00880.x     Document Type: Review

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