Viral and bacterial serology of free-ranging Pacific walrus

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 93-100

  Calle, Paul P ^a   Seagars, Dana J ^b,c   McClave, Catherine ^a   Senne, Dennis ^d   House, Carol ^e   House, James A ^e  

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^b Marine Mammals Management   (United States)

^c U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^d National Veterinary Services Laboratories   (United States)

^e UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brucella; Calicivirus; Influenza A virus; Leptospira interrogans; Odobenus rosmarus divergens; Phocine distemper virus; Serologic survey; Walrus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRUCELLA; CALICIVIRIDAE; CANINE DISTEMPER VIRUS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; MAMMALIA; ODOBENUS; ODOBENUS ROSMARUS; ODOBENUS ROSMARUS DIVERGENS; OTARIIDAE; PANTHERA LEO; PHOCIDAE; PHOCINE DISTEMPER VIRUS; SAN MIGUEL SEA LION VIRUS; SUS SCROFA;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DISEASE CARRIER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; SEAL; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY; WILD ANIMAL;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; MALE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; WALRUSES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0036357042     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-38.1.93     Document Type: Article

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