Spatial and temporal variation in the seroprevalence of canine heartworm antigen in the island fox

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 723-728

  Roemer, Gary W ^a,b   Coonan, Timothy J ^c   Garcelon, David K ^b   Starbird, Christopher H ^b   McCall, John W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE STUDIES   (United States)

^c NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dirofilaria immitis; Heartworm antigen; Island fox; Seroprevalence; Survey; Urocyon littoralis

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; FOX; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CALIFORNIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DIROFILARIASIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOXES; MALE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 0034305271     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-36.4.723     Document Type: Article

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