Periodontal and dental lesions in raccoons from a farming and a recreational area in Illinois

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 728-734

  Hungerford, Laura L ^a,b   Mitchell, Mark A ^a   Nixon, Charles M ^b   Esker, Terence E ^a   Sullivan, Joseph B ^b   Koerkenmeier, Robert ^b   Marretta, Sandra Manfra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental health; Peridontal disease; Procyon lotor; Raccoon; Teeth; Veterinary dentistry

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; GINGIVA; HEALTH; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTICS; RACCOON; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOOTH; TOOTH CALCULUS; TOOTH DISEASE; TOOTH FRACTURE; UNITED STATES; WASTE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DENTAL CALCULUS; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; GARBAGE; GINGIVA; ILLINOIS; MALE; ORAL HEALTH; PERIODONTAL ATTACHMENT LOSS; PERIODONTAL INDEX; RACCOONS; RURAL HEALTH; SEX FACTORS; TOOTH; TOOTH ATTRITION; TOOTH FRACTURES; TOOTH LOSS;

EID: 0033203668     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-35.4.728     Document Type: Article

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