Evidence of herpesvirus infection in woodland caribou in Saskatchewan

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 216-220

  Jordan, Lorne T ^a   Rettie, W James ^b   Tessaro, Stacy V ^a  

^a CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bovine herpesvirus 1; Bovine viral diarrhea; Brucella spp.; Cervid herpesvirus; Leptospira interrogans; Rangifer tarandus caribou; Serologic survey; Woodland caribou

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; BOVINE HERPESVIRUS 1; BOVINE VIRAL DIARRHEA VIRUS 1; BRUCELLA; CERVIDAE; HERPESVIRIDAE; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; RANGIFER TARANDUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS CARIBOU; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BOVINE DIARRHEA VIRUS; BRUCELLA; CANADA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; INFECTIOUS BOVINE RHINOTRACHEITIS VIRUS; LEPTOSPIRA; MALE; REINDEER; SERODIAGNOSIS; VIROLOGY; WILD ANIMAL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BRUCELLA; DIARRHEA VIRUSES, BOVINE VIRAL; FEMALE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 1, BOVINE; LEPTOSPIRA; MALE; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; REINDEER; SASKATCHEWAN; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 0141924131     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-39.1.216     Document Type: Article

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