Serosurvey of selected zoonotic agents in polar bears (Ursus maritimus)

Veterinary Record

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 7-13

  Rah, H ^a   Chomel, B B ^a   Follmann, E H ^b   Kasten, R W ^a   Hew, C H ^a   Farver, T B ^a   Garner, G W ^c   Amstrup, S C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HEALTH; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HELMINTHIASIS; INFECTION RISK; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MALE; MEAT INDUSTRY; NONHUMAN; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TRICHINELLA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRUCELLA; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TRICHINELLA; URSUS; URSUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 12344255260     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.156.1.7     Document Type: Article

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