WIldlife: Leprosy in red squirrels in Scotland

Veterinary Record

Volumn 175, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 285-286

  Meredith, Anna ^a   Del Pozo, Jorge ^a   Smith, Sionagh ^a   Milne, Elspeth ^a   Stevenson, Karen ^b   McLuckie, Joyce ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CASE REPORT; LEPROSY; LETTER; PATHOLOGY; SCIURIDAE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; LEPROSY; SCIURIDAE; SCOTLAND;

EID: 84907388602     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: 20427670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.g5680     Document Type: Letter

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