Health evaluation of a pronghorn antelope population in Oregon

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 496-510

  Dunbar, Mike R ^a,b   Velarde, Roser ^a   Gregg, Michael A ^b   Bray, Martin ^b  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Antilocapra americana; Hematology; Pronghorn antelope; Serum chemistry; Trace minerals

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ANTELOPE; ANTILOCAPRA AMERICANA; ANTILOCAPRIDAE; AQUILA CHRYSAETOS; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; BRUCELLA; CANIDAE; CANIS LATRANS; CICONIIFORMES; EPIZOOTIC HEMORRHAGIC DISEASE VIRUS; HUMAN PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 3; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; UNGULATA;

MINERAL; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BOVIDS; CHEMISTRY; FECES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; LIVER; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FECES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; LIVER; MALE; MINERALS; OREGON; PARASITE EGG COUNT; REFERENCE VALUES; RUMINANTS;

EID: 0033161342     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-35.3.496     Document Type: Article

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