Malignant catarrhal fever virus identified in free-ranging musk ox (Ovibos Moschatus) in Norway

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 447-450

  Vikøren, Turid ^a   Klevar, Siv ^a   Li, Hong ^b   Hauge, Anna Germundsson ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Malignant catarrhal fever virus; MCF; Musk ox; Ovibos moschatus; PCR; Serology; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BOVIDS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GAMMAHERPESVIRINAE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MALIGNANT CATARRHAL FEVER; NORWAY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPLEEN; VIROLOGY; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; FEMALE; GAMMAHERPESVIRINAE; MALE; MALIGNANT CATARRH; NORWAY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RUMINANTS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SPLEEN;

ALCELAPHINE HERPESVIRUS 1; ANIMALIA; BOS; OVIBOS MOSCHATUS; OVIBOS MOSCHATUS MOSCHATUS;

EID: 84876020928     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/2012-10-259     Document Type: Article

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