Infectious disease and the conservation of free-ranging large carnivores

Animal Conservation

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 241-254

  Murray, Dennis L ^a   Kapke, Cynthia A ^a   Evermann, James F ^b   Fuller, Todd K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANINE DISTEMPER VIRUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; DISTEMPER VIRUS; URSIDAE;

EID: 0001350425     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1367943099000578     Document Type: Article

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