Canine distemper virus in river otters in British Columbia as an emergent risk for coastal pinnipeds

Veterinary Record

Volumn 152, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 237-239

  Mos, L ^a   Ross, P S ^a   McIntosh, D ^b   Raverty, S ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b Animal Health Center   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HEALTH; AUTOPSY; CANADA; CANINE DISTEMPER MORBILLIVIRUS; CARNIVORA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; MALE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEAL; SHORT SURVEY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALIA; CANINE DISTEMPER VIRUS; CARNIVORA; LONTRA CANADENSIS; LUTRINAE; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 0037460707     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.152.8.237     Document Type: Short Survey

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