Occurrence of rabies in wolves of Alaska

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 242-245

  Ballard, Warren B ^a,c   Krausman, Paul R ^b  

^a ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c ARIZONA GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Canis lupus; Epizootic; Mortality; Rabies; Survival; Wolf

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MORTALITY; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; WOLF;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALASKA; ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; MALE; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE; WOLVES;

EID: 0031110820     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-33.2.242     Document Type: Article

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