Rabies and mortality in ethiopian wolves (Canis simensis)

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 80-86

  Sillero Zubiri, C ^a   King, A A ^b   Macdonald, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Canis simensis; Case report; Endangered species; Ethiopian wolf; Rabies

Indexed keywords

CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; CANIS SIMENSIS; RABIES VIRUS;

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAIN; CARNIVORA; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MORTALITY; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; STATISTICAL MODEL; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BRAIN; CARNIVORA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS;

EID: 0029689233     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-32.1.80     Document Type: Article

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