Serologic survey for Trichinella spp. in grizzly bears from Alaska

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 474-479

  Zarnke, Randall L ^a   Gamble, Ray ^b   Heckert, Robert A ^c   Hoef, Jay Ver ^a  

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

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Grizzly bear; Serology; Survey; Trichinella spp.; Trichinellosis; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

HELMINTH ANTIBODY;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEAR; BLOOD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINOSIS; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; ALASKA; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINOSIS; URSIDAE;

EID: 0031174320     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-33.3.474     Document Type: Review

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