Viral serologic survey of bowhead whales in Alaska

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 39-46

  O'Hara, Todd M ^a   House, Carol ^b   House, James A ^b   Suydam, Robert S ^a   George, John C ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Balaena mysticetus; Bowhead whale; Calicivirus; Morbillivirus; Serology; Survey

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CALICIVIRUS; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MEASLES VIRUS; PREVALENCE; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWINE VESICULAR EXANTHEMA VIRUS; UNITED STATES; VIRUS INFECTION; WHALE;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CALICIVIRIDAE; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; FEMALE; MALE; MORBILLIVIRUS; MORBILLIVIRUS INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; VESICULAR EXANTHEMA OF SWINE VIRUS; WHALES;

EID: 0031608782     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-34.1.39     Document Type: Review

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