Investigation of an imported case of rabies in a juvenile dog with atypical presentation

Animals

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 402-413

  Johnson, Nicholas ^a   Nunez, Alex ^a   Marston, Denise A ^a   Harkess, Graeme ^a   Voller, Katja ^a   Goddard, Trudy ^a   Hicks, Daniel ^a   McElhinney, Lorraine M ^a   Fooks, Anthony R ^a,b  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dog; Quarantine; Rabies virus; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879980405     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20762615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ani1040402     Document Type: Article

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