Serologic survey for canine infectious diseases among sympatric swift foxes (Vulpes velox) and coyotes (Canis latrans) in Southeastern Colorado

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 741-748

  Gese, Eric M ^a   Karki, Seija M ^b   Klavetter, Mead L ^b,c   Schauster, Edward R ^b,d   Kitchen, Ann M ^b  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^d SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Canine adenovirus; Canine distemper virus; Canine parvovirus; Canis latrans; Coyote; Francisella tularensis; Plague; Swift fox; Tularemia; Vulpes velox; Yersinia pestis

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRIDAE; APUS APUS; CANIDAE; CANINE ADENOVIRUS; CANINE DISTEMPER VIRUS; CANINE PARVOVIRUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LATRANS; CHICKEN ANEMIA VIRUS; DISTEMPER VIRUS; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; PARVOVIRUS; TILLANDSIA LINEATISPICA; VULPES VELOX; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 13644249247     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-40.4.741     Document Type: Article

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