Impact of viral hemorrhagic disease on a wild population of European rabbits in France

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 429-435

  Marchandeau, Stéphane ^a   Chantal, Jean ^b   Portejoie, Yves ^c   Barraud, Sébastien ^d   Chaval, Yannick ^d  

^a OFFICE NATIONAL DE LA CHASSE ET DE LA FAUNE SAUVAGE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c Cité Administrative   (France)

^d Office National de la Chasse   (France)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; European rabbit; Immunosuppression; Myxomatosis; Oryctolagus cuniculus; Rabbit viral hemorrhagic disease

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CALICIVIRUS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FRANCE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MORTALITY; MYXOMA VIRUS; MYXOMATOSIS; RABBIT; SEASON; VIRUS INFECTION; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEMORRHAGIC DISEASE VIRUS, RABBIT; MALE; MYXOMA VIRUS; MYXOMATOSIS, INFECTIOUS; RABBITS; SEASONS;

EID: 0032110784     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-34.3.429     Document Type: Article

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