Parvovirus infections in wild carnivores

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 594-607

  Steinel, Ariane ^a   Parrish, Colin R ^b   Bloom, Marshall E ^c   Truyen, Uwe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Carnivores; Parvovirus; Review article; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CARNIVORA; CAT; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOG; GENETICS; PARVOVIRUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW; VACCINATION; VIRUS INFECTION; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CARNIVORA; CATS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; DOGS; PARVOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PARVOVIRUS; PHYLOGENY; VACCINATION;

EID: 0035408511     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-37.3.594     Document Type: Review

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