Infectious diseases as main causes of mortality to beavers Castor fiber after translocation to the Netherlands

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 241, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 35-42

  Nolet, B A ^a,d   Broekhuizen, S ^a   Dorrestein, G M ^b   Rienks, K M ^c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Dierenkliniek Sleeuwijk   (Netherlands)

^d NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAVER; DISEASE; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MORTALITY; TRANSLOCATION; YERSINIOSIS;

NETHERLANDS;

CASTOR FIBER; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0030621369     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1997.tb05497.x     Document Type: Article

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