Serologic survey of selected viral agents in recently captured wild north american river otters (lontra canadensis)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 168-175

  Kimber, Kevin R ^a   Kollias, George V ^a   Dubovi, Edward J ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Disease; Lontra canadensis; Otter; Serology; Virus

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CANINE DISTEMPER MORBILLIVIRUS; CARNIVORA; CORONAVIRUS; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PARAMYXOVIRUS; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; SERODIAGNOSIS; UNITED STATES; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ADENOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CORONAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CORONAVIRUS; DISTEMPER; DISTEMPER VIRUS, CANINE; DOGS; FEMALE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 1, CANID; MALE; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; NEW YORK; OTTERS; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 0034207931     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/1042-7260(2000)031[0168:SSOSVA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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