Mange epizootic in white-nosed coatis in Western Mexico

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 56-63

  Valenzuela, David ^a   Ceballos, Gerardo ^a   García, Andres ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b Fund Ecológica de Cuixmala   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Conservation of biological; Diversity; Nasua narica; Notoendres cati; Notoendric mange; Reserve management; Survey, tropical dry forest

Indexed keywords

ACARI; FELIS CATUS; MAMMALIA; NASUA; NASUA NARICA; NASUA NASUA; NOTOEDRES CATI;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CARNIVORA; EPIDEMIC; INFESTATION; MEXICO; PREVALENCE;

ANIMALS; CARNIVORA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; MEXICO; MITE INFESTATIONS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0033629732     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-36.1.56     Document Type: Article

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