Bait ingestion by free-ranging raccoons and nontarget species in an oral rabies vaccine field trial in Florida

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 734-743

  Olson, Cathy A ^a,c   Mitchell, Kenny D ^b   Werner, Patricia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Pinellas County Animal Services   (United States)

^c Charlotte Co Nat Resources Section   (United States)

Author keywords

Oral vaccine; Procyon lotor; Rabies; Raccoon; Tetracycline; Vaccinia recombinant virus

Indexed keywords

RABIES VACCINE; RECOMBINANT VACCINE; TETRACYCLINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CANINE TOOTH; CAT; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FOX; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; OPOSSUM; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RABIES; RACCOON; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VACCINATION; VIROLOGY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; CATS; CUSPID; FEMALE; FLORIDA; FOXES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; OPOSSUMS; RABIES; RABIES VACCINES; RACCOONS; TETRACYCLINE; URBAN POPULATION; VACCINATION; VACCINES, SYNTHETIC;

EID: 0034303170     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-36.4.734     Document Type: Article

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