Morbidity - Mortality factors and survival of an urban coyote population in Arizona

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 312-317

  Grinder, Martha ^a   Krausman, Paul R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Canine distemper; Canine parvovirus; Canis latrans; Heartworm; Infectious canine hepatitis; Leptospirosis; Survival rate

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRIDAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIDAE; CANINE DISTEMPER VIRUS; CANINE PARVOVIRUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LATRANS; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DISTEMPER VIRUS; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; PARVOVIRUS;

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HEPATITIS; ARTICLE; CARNIVORA; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HEALTH STATUS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ARIZONA; CARNIVORA; DIROFILARIASIS; DISTEMPER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEPATITIS, ANIMAL; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0035320716     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-37.2.312     Document Type: Article

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