Rabies seroprevalence of street dogs from Sao Paulo City, Brazil

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 131-139

  Sallum, P C ^a   Almeida, M F ^a   Massad, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dog; Modeling; Population control; Rabies virus; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; RABIES; URBAN POPULATION; VACCINATION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; MALE; RABIES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; URBAN POPULATION; VACCINATION;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; RABIES VIRUS;

EID: 0034724656     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(00)00110-0     Document Type: Article

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