Population and movement characteristics of radio-collared striped skunks in North Dakota during an epizootic of rabies

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 226-241

  Greenwood, Raymond J ^a   Newton, Wesley E ^a   Pearson, Gary L ^b   Schamber, George J ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Prairie Veterinary Hospital   (United States)

^c NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distance traveled; Epizootiology; Home range; Mephitis mephitis; North Dakota; Rabies epizootic; Radio telemetry; Striped skunk; Survival rate; Travel rate

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION; ARTICLE; CARNIVORA; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY RATE; RABIES; SEASON; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MEPHITIDAE; NORTH DAKOTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY RATE; RABIES; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0031111426     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-33.2.226     Document Type: Article

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