Evidence of Brucella sp. infection in marine mammals stranded along the coast of southern new England

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 256-261

  Maratea, Jennifer ^a   Ewalt, Darla R ^b   Frasca Jr , Salvatore ^a   Dunn, J Lawrence ^c   De Guise, Sylvain ^a   Szkudlarek, Lech ^d   St Aubin, David J ^c   French, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b National Veterinary Services Laboratories   (United States)

^c Mystic Aquarium and Institute for Exploration   (United States)

^d UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brucella sp.; Marine mammal; Phoca groenlandica; Phoca vitulina; Seal; Stranding

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRUCELLA; CETACEA; MAMMALIA; PHOCA; PHOCA GROENLANDICA; PHOCA VITULINA; PHOCIDAE; PHOCOENIDAE; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 0242492780     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/02-053     Document Type: Article

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