Epizootiologic investigations of selected infectious disease agents in free-ranging Eurasian lynx from Sweden

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 58-66

  Ryser Degiorgis, Marie Pierre ^a,c   Hofmann Lehmann, Regina ^b   Leutenegger, Christian M ^b   Af Segerstad, Carl Hard ^a   Mörner, Torsten ^a   Mattsson, Roland ^a   Lutz, Hanz ^b  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophila; Eurasian lynx; Feline viruses; Francisella tularensis; Lynx lynx; Serologic survey; Serology

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; CALICIVIRIDAE; CORONAVIRUS; FELIDAE; FELINE CALICIVIRUS; FELINE CORONAVIRUS; FELINE HERPESVIRUS 1; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; FELINE PARVOVIRUS; FELIS CATUS; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HERPES; HERPESVIRIDAE; LYNX; LYNX LYNX; PARVOVIRUS;

EID: 18544381388     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-41.1.58     Document Type: Article

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