Selected emerging diseases in ferrets

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Exotic Animal Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 469-493

  Wyre, Nicole R ^a   Michels, Dennis ^b   Chen, Sue ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Gulf Coast Avian and Exotics   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptococcosis; Ferrets; Hypothyroidism; Influenza; Pure red cell aplasia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; FERRET; INCIDENCE; PET ANIMAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE;

ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; FERRETS; INCIDENCE; PETS; RISK FACTORS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE;

ANIMALIA; MUSTELA;

EID: 84877144813     PISSN: 10949194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvex.2013.02.003     Document Type: Review

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