Patterns of mortality in Southern sea otters (Enhydra lutris nereis) from 1998-2001

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 495-509

  Kreuder, C ^a   Miller, M A ^a,b   Jessup, D A ^a,b   Lowenstine, L J ^a   Harris, M D ^b   Ames, J A ^b   Carpenter, T E ^a   Conrad, P A ^a   Mazet, J A K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Acanthocephalan; Cardiac disease; Enhydra lutris nereis; Sarcocystis neurona; Shark predation; Southern sea otter; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CARNIVORA; CHONDRICHTHYES; ENHYDRA LUTRIS; ENHYDRA LUTRIS NEREIS; FUNGI; LUTRINAE; MAMMALIA; NEREIS; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTIS NEURONA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 1542353894     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-39.3.495     Document Type: Article

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