Canine distemper-related mortality among wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) in Chobe National Park, Botswana

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 426-427

  Alexander, Kathleen A ^a   Kat, Pieter W ^b   Munson, Linda A ^c   Kalake, A ^d   Appel, Max J G ^e  

^a Dept of Wildlife and National Parks ^*  (Botswana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^d National Veterinary Laboratory   (Botswana)

^e Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

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