Disease as a threat to endangered species: Ethiopian wolves, domestic dogs and canine pathogens

Animal Conservation

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 273-280

  Laurenson, Karen ^a,b,g   Sillero Zubiri, Claudio ^c   Thompson, Hal ^b   Shiferaw, Fekadu ^d   Thirgood, Simon ^e   Malcolm, James ^f  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d Ethiopian Wildlife Conservation Authority   (Ethiopia)

^e GAME CONSERVANCY TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRIDAE; CANIDAE; CANINE ADENOVIRUS; CANINE DISTEMPER VIRUS; CANINE PARVOVIRUS; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; CANIS SIMENSIS; CHICKEN ANEMIA VIRUS; DISTEMPER VIRUS; PARVOVIRUS;

EID: 0001217280     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1367943098000250     Document Type: Article

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