Haematophagous Bats in Brazil, Their Role in Rabies Transmission, Impact on Public Health, Livestock Industry and Alternatives to an Indiscriminate Reduction of Bat Population

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series B: Infectious Diseases and Veterinary Public Health

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 469-472

  Mayen, F ^a  

^a CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BAT; BRAZIL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DISEASE CARRIER; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RABIES; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BRAZIL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHIROPTERA; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RABIES;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BOS TAURUS; DESMODUS ROTUNDUS; DIAEMUS YOUNGI; DIPHYLLA ECAUDATA; EQUUS CABALLUS; RABIES VIRUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0347660754     PISSN: 09311793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0450.2003.00713.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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