Health and conservation implications of Australian bat Lyssavirus

Australian Zoologist

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 369-376

  Tidemann, Christopher R ^a   Vardon, Michael J ^a,b   Nelson, John E ^c   Speare, Richard ^d   Gleeson, Laurence J ^e  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Wildlife Management International Pty Limited   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK FLYING FOX; CONSERVATION; HEALTH; INFECTIVITY; LYSSAVIRUS;

AUSTRALIA;

LYSSAVIRUS; PTEROPUS ALECTO;

EID: 0031417253     PISSN: 00672238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7882/AZ.1997.015     Document Type: Article

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