Occurrence of African horse sickness in a domestic dog without apparent ingestion of horse meat

Journal of the South African Veterinary Association

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  van Sittert, Sybrand J ^a   Drew, Tessa M ^b   Kotze, Johann L ^c   Strydom, Tom ^a   Weyer, Camilla T ^d   Guthrie, Alan J ^d  

^a MERCK ANIMAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b 2West Acres Animal Hospital   (South Africa)

^c Nkomazi   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID;

AFRICAN HORSE SICKNESS; AFRICAN HORSE SICKNESS VIRUS; ARTICLE; DOG; FOOD INTAKE; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; HEART MUSCLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYALINE DEGENERATION; HYDROTHORAX; LIVER SINUSOID; LUNG CONGESTION; LUNG EDEMA; MEAT; NONHUMAN;

EID: 84892448841     PISSN: 10199128     EISSN: 22249435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/jsava.v84i1.948     Document Type: Article

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