Modelling the feline leukemia virus (FeLV) in natural populations of cats (Felis catus)

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 60-70

  Fromont, Emmanuelle ^a   Artois, Marc ^b   Langlais, Michel ^c   Courchamp, Franck ^b   Pontier, Dominique ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOMESTIC CAT; FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; MODELLING; TRANSMISSION RATE;

FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0031214283     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/tpbi.1997.1320     Document Type: Article

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