Survey for reticuloendotheliosis viruses in wild populations of Greater and Lesser Prairie-Chickens

Wilson Bulletin

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 142-144

  Wiedenfeld, David A ^a   Wolfe, Donald H ^a   Toepfer, John E ^a   Mechlin, Larry M ^a   Applegate, Roger D ^a   Sherrod, Steve K ^a  

^a Estación Científica Charles Darwin   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; REINTRODUCTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; TRANSLOCATION; VIRAL DISEASE; WILD POPULATION;

UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; DNA VIRUSES; GALLUS GALLUS; RETICULOENDOTHELIOSIS VIRUS; TYMPANUCHUS; TYMPANUCHUS CUPIDO; TYMPANUCHUS CUPIDO ATTWATERI; TYMPANUCHUS PALLIDICINCTUS;

EID: 0036522333     PISSN: 00435643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/0043-5643(2002)114[0142:SFRVIW]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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