Prevention of the spread of rabies to wildlife by oral vaccination of raccoons in Massachusetts

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 213, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1407-1412

  Robbins, Alison H ^a   Borden, Michael D ^a   Windmiller, Bryan S ^b   Niezgoda, Michael ^c   Marcus, Leonard C ^d   O'Brien, Sean M ^e   Kreindel, Silvia M ^f   McGuill, Michael W ^f   DeMaria Jr , Alfred ^f   Rupprecht, Charles E ^c   Rowell, Steven ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Hyla Ecological Services   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d Travelers Hlth Immunization Serv   (United States)

^e Barnstable Co Dept Hlth Environ   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RABIES VACCINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; RABIES; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; MASSACHUSETTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RABIES; RABIES VACCINES; RACCOONS; VACCINATION;

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS; GADUS MORHUA; MAMMALIA; MEPHITIDAE; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR; RABIES VIRUS;

EID: 0032534065     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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