Viral Infections of Rabbits

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Exotic Animal Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 437-468

  Kerr, Peter J ^a   Donnelly, Thomas M ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Kenneth S Warren Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Borna disease virus; Caliciviridae infections; Coronavirus infections; Herpesviridae infections; Papillomavirus infections; Poxviridae infections; Rabbits; Rabies virus; Rotavirus infections

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; PET ANIMAL; RABBIT; REVIEW; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; PETS; RABBITS; VIRUS DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; ASTROVIRIDAE; BORNA DISEASE VIRUS; CALICIVIRIDAE; CORONAVIRUS; COTTONTAIL RABBIT PAPILLOMAVIRUS; ENTERIC CORONAVIRUS; HERPESVIRIDAE; LAPINE ROTAVIRUS; LEPORIDAE; LEPORIPOXVIRUS; MYXOMA VIRUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; POXVIRIDAE; RABBIT FIBROMA VIRUS; RABIES VIRUS; ROTAVIRUS;

EID: 84877153299     PISSN: 10949194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvex.2013.02.002     Document Type: Review

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