Disappearance of bovine fetuses in northwestern Wyoming

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 254-259

  Cook, Walter E ^a,b,d,e   Williams, Elizabeth S ^b,f,g,h   Dubay, Shelli A ^b,c,i  

^a WYOMING GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c ARIZONA GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^d CA Polytechnic State University   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^g PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

ⁱ STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Disappearance; Fetus; Scavengers

Indexed keywords

BRUCELLOSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; SCAVENGING (FEEDING); WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

AQUILA; AQUILA CHRYSAETOS; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BISON; BISON BISON; BOS; BOS BISON; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; BUBALUS; BUTEO; BUTEO JAMAICENSIS; CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS LATRANS; CATHARTES; CATHARTES AURA; CERVIDAE; CERVUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS NELSONI; CICONIIFORMES; CORVIDAE; CORVUS; CORVUS CORAX; HALIAEETUS; HALIAEETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS; LETHRINIDAE; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; PICA; PICA PICA; URSUS AMERICANUS; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 2142754112     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2004)32[254:DOBFIN]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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