Epidemiology of chronic wasting disease in captive Rocky Mountain elk

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 532-538

  Miller, Michael W ^a   Wild, Margaret A ^a   Williams, Elizabeth S ^b  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervus elaphus nelsoni; Chronic wasting disease; Epidemiology; Rocky mountain elk; Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEER; FEMALE; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PRION DISEASE; UNITED STATES; WASTING SYNDROME; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; COLORADO; DEER; FEMALE; MALE; PRION DISEASES; WASTING SYNDROME;

EID: 0032110683     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-34.3.532     Document Type: Article

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