Susceptibility of the siberian polecat to subcutaneous and oral Yersinia pestis exposure

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 746-754

  Castle, Kevin T ^a,e   Biggins, Dean ^a   Carter, Leon G ^b   Chu, May ^b   Innes, Kim ^c   Wimsatt, Jeffery ^d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Black footed ferret; Experimental infection; Ferret; Mustela eversmannii; Mustela nigripes; Plague; Siberian polecat; Yersinia pestis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MUSTELA EVERSMANNII; MUSTELA NIGRIPES; MUSTELA PUTORIUS FURO; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CARNIVORA; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FERRET; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MORTALITY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOGENICITY; PLAGUE; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SURVIVAL; TIME; VIRULENCE; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMAL; CARNIVORA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; FERRETS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MALE; PLAGUE; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; VIRULENCE; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 0035486775     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-37.4.746     Document Type: Article

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