Serologic Survey for Selected Infectious Disease Agents in Swift and Kit Foxes from the Western United States

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 798-805

  Miller, David S ^a,b,f   Covell, Darrel F ^a,g   McLean, Robert G ^c,h   Adrian, William J ^d   Niezgoda, Michael ^e   Gustafson, John M ^b   Rongstad, Orrin J ^a   Schultz, Ronald D ^b   Kirk, Larry J ^c   Quan, Thomas J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d Department of Microbiology ^*  (United States)

^e THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Fort Wayne Children's Zoo   (United States)

^g New Hampshire Wildlife Federation   (United States)

^h NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arbovirus; Bacteria; Canine distemper virus; Canine parvovirus; Kit fox; Rabies virus; Rickettsia; Swift fox

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CANINE DISTEMPER MORBILLIVIRUS; COLORADO TICK FEVER; COLORADO TICK FEVER VIRUS; DOG DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOX; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARVOVIRUS; RABIES VIRUS; UNITED STATES; VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION; WESTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS ALPHAVIRUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; COLORADO; COLORADO TICK FEVER; COLORADO TICK FEVER VIRUS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DISTEMPER; DISTEMPER VIRUS, CANINE; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, WESTERN EQUINE; FOXES; PARVOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PARVOVIRUS, CANINE; RABIES VIRUS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; VESICULAR STOMATITIS-INDIANA VIRUS; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 0034305705     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-36.4.798     Document Type: Article

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