Epidemiology of poxvirus in small cetaceans from the Eastern South Pacific

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 371-382

  Van Bressem, Marie Françoise ^a,b   Van Waerebeek, Koen ^a  

^a Ctro Peruano de Estud Cetologicos   (Peru)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

bottlenose dolphin; Burmeister's porpoise; common dolphin; dusky dolphin; epidemiology; Peru; poxvirus; SE Pacific; skin; tattoo

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; DELPHINIDAE; DELPHINUS CAPENSIS; DELPHINUS DELPHIS; LAGENORHYNCHUS OBSCURUS; PHOCOENA SPINIPINNIS; PHOCOENIDAE; POXVIRIDAE; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; POXVIRUS;

PACIFIC, (SOUTHEAST); PERU;

EID: 0029664119     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.1996.tb00590.x     Document Type: Article

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