Lumpy skin disease of cattle: An emerging problem in the Sultanate of Oman

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 241-246

  Tageldin, Mohamed Hassan ^a   Wallace, David Brian ^b,c   Gerdes, Gertruida Hermanna ^b,f   Putterill, John Fraser ^b   Greyling, Roelf Rudolph ^b,e   Phosiwa, Maanda Noaxe ^b   Al Busaidy, Rashied Mohammed ^a   Al Ismaaily, Sultan Issa ^d  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^d Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Oman   (Oman)

^e Deltamune Laboratories   (South Africa)

^f Churchill Mansions   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Histopathology; LSD; PCR; Serum neutralization; Sultanate ofOman; TEM

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAPRIPOXVIRUS; CATTLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; LUMPY SKIN DISEASE; MORTALITY; OMAN; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; CAPRIPOXVIRUS; CATTLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; LUMPY SKIN DISEASE; OMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN;

EID: 84898750217     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-013-0483-3     Document Type: Article

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