Epidemiology of feline leukemia virus (FeLV) and structure of domestic cat populations

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 978-988

  Fromont, Emmanuelle ^a   Artois, Marc ^b   Pontier, Dominique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

Author keywords

Cat; Epidemiology; Feline leukemia virus; Felis catus; Felis silvestris; FeLV; Host parasite relationship; Population structure; Retroviridae

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; VIRUS;

ANIMALIA; CATUS; CATUS FELIS; FELIDAE; FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; FELIS CATUS; FELIS SILVESTRIS; MAMMALIA; RETROVIRIDAE; UNIDENTIFIED RETROVIRUS;

EID: 0031850818     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802550     Document Type: Article

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