Pulmonary cowpox in cats: Five cases

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 518-525

  McInerney, Jennie ^a   Papasouliotis, Kostas ^b   Simpson, Kerry ^c   English, Kate ^d   Cook, Simon ^d   Milne, Elspeth ^e   Gunn Moore, Danièlle A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Orange House ^*  (Thailand)

^d ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CASE REPORT; CAT; CAT DISEASES; COWPOX; COWPOX VIRUS; DERMATITIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CAT DISEASES; CATS; COWPOX; COWPOX VIRUS; DERMATITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; MALE; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL;

EID: 84971473597     PISSN: 1098612X     EISSN: 15322750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1098612X15583344     Document Type: Article

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