Infectious and parasitic diseases of captive carnivores, with special emphasis on the black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes)

OIE Revue Scientifique et Technique

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 91-114

  Williams, E S ^a   Thorne, E T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b WYOMING GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Black footed ferret; Canidae; Carnivora; Felidae; Hyaenidae; Infectious diseases; Mustela nigripes; Mustelidae; Procyonidae; Ursidae; Viverridae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CARNIVORA; FELIDAE; HYAENIDAE; MUSTELA NIGRIPES; MUSTELA PUTORIUS FURO; MUSTELIDAE; PARVOVIRUS; PROCYONIDAE; URSIDAE; VIVERRIDAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CARNIVORA; FERRET; HUMAN; PARASITOSIS; REVIEW; VIRUS INFECTION; ZOO ANIMAL; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CARNIVORA; FERRETS; HUMANS; PARASITIC DISEASES; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; VIRUS DISEASES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 0040159511     PISSN: 02531933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20506/rst.15.1.915     Document Type: Article

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