Serological survey for diseases in free-ranging coyotes (Canis latrans) in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 47-56

  Gese, Eric M ^a,f   Schultz, Ronald D ^b   Johnson, Mark R ^c,g   Williams, Elizabeth S ^d   Crabtree, Robert L ^e   Ruff, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^e MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Wildlife Veterinary Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

Brucella spp.; Brucellosis; Canine distemper virus; Canine parvovirus; Canis latrans; Coyote; Francisella tularensis; Infectious canine hepatitis; Leptospira spp.; Leptospirosis; Plague; Tularemia; Yersinia pestis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADENOVIRUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CANINE DISTEMPER MORBILLIVIRUS; CARNIVORA; DISEASE CARRIER; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; PARVOVIRUS; PLAGUE; PREVALENCE; TULAREMIA; UNITED STATES; VIRUS INFECTION; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ADENOVIRUSES, CANINE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CARNIVORA; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DISTEMPER; DISTEMPER VIRUS, CANINE; FEMALE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HEPATITIS, INFECTIOUS CANINE; MALE; PARVOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PARVOVIRUS, CANINE; PLAGUE; PREVALENCE; TULAREMIA; VIRUS DISEASES; WYOMING; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 0030638344     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-33.1.47     Document Type: Review

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