Oral rabies vaccine contact by raccoons and nontarget species in a field trial in Florida

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 687-695

  Olson, Cathy A ^a,b   Werner, Patricia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Charlotte Co Nat Resources Section   (United States)

Author keywords

Field trial; Oral vaccination; Procyon lotor; Rabies; Raccoon; Vaccinia recombinant virus

Indexed keywords

ACER RUBRUM; ANIMALIA; AVES; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CATUS; DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIS VIRGINIANA; FELIS CATUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR; QUERCUS; RODENTIA; SABAL PALMETTO; SYLVILAGUS SP.; VACCINIA; VACCINIA VIRUS;

RABIES VACCINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CAT; DOG; IMMUNOLOGY; OPOSSUM; RABBIT; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; RACCOON; RODENT; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CATS; DOGS; FLORIDA; OPOSSUMS; RABBITS; RABIES; RABIES VACCINES; RABIES VIRUS; RACCOONS; RODENTIA; VACCINATION;

EID: 0033203556     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-35.4.687     Document Type: Article

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