Serosurvey for selected viral diseases and demography of African wild dogs in Tanzania

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 823-832

  Creel, Scott ^a   Creel, Nancy Marusha ^a   Munson, Linda ^b   Sanderlin, Dane ^c   Appel, Max J G ^d  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

African wild dog; Canine distemper; Conservation; Demography; Lycaon pictus; Parvovirus; Rabies; Serology

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CANINE DISTEMPER MORBILLIVIRUS; CARNIVORA; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; PARVOVIRUS; PREVALENCE; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; TANZANIA; VIRUS INFECTION; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CARNIVORA; DISTEMPER; DISTEMPER VIRUS, CANINE; FEMALE; MALE; PARVOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PARVOVIRUS, CANINE; PREVALENCE; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; TANZANIA; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 0031241462     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-33.4.823     Document Type: Article

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