Serum antibody prevalence of malignant catarrhal fever viruses in seven wildlife species from Alaska

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 500-504

  Zarnke, Randall L ^a   Li, Hong ^b,c   Crawford, Timothy B ^b,c  

^a ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Malignant catarrhal fever virus; Serology; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

ALCELAPHINE HERPESVIRUS 1; ALCES ALCES; BISON; BISON BISON; BOVIDAE; BUBALUS; CERVIDAE; CERVUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; HERPESVIRIDAE; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 2; MINK CELL FOCUS-FORMING VIRUS; ODOCOILEUS; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS COLUMBIANUS; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS SITKENSIS; OVIBOS; OVIBOS MOSCHATUS MOSCHATUS; OVINE HERPESVIRUS 2; OVIS ARIES; OVIS DALLI; RANGIFER TARANDUS; SIMPLEXVIRUS; UNGULATA;

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BOVIDS; BUFFALO; CATTLE DISEASE; DEER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HERPES VIRUS; IMMUNOLOGY; REINDEER; SHEEP; UNITED STATES; WILD ANIMAL;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BISON; DEER; GAMMAHERPESVIRINAE; MALIGNANT CATARRH; REINDEER; RUMINANTS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SHEEP;

EID: 0036653618     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-38.3.500     Document Type: Article

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