Survey for sylvatic plague in the mexican prairie dog (Cynomys mexicanus)

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 147-154

  Treviño Villarreal, Julián ^a   Berk, Ilona M ^b   Aguirre, Alonso ^c,d   Grant, William E ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE TAMAULIPAS   (Mexico)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Wildlife Pharmaceuticals Inc   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYNOMYS MEXICANUS; DIPODOMYS ORDII; OPISOCROSTIS HIRSUTUS; SPERMOPHILUS SPILOSOSMA; VULPES MACROTIS;

EID: 0031735492     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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