Assessment of antibodies to rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus in fox serum as an indicator of infection in sympatric rabbit populations

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 83, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 97-100

  Philbey, A W ^a   Kirkland, P D ^b   Saunders, G R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b NSW AGRICULTURE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANIDAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; CALICIVIRUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVALUATION; FOX; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RABBIT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; DNA, VIRAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOXES; HEMORRHAGIC DISEASE VIRUS, RABBIT; NEW SOUTH WALES; PREVALENCE; RABBITS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 23244462587     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2005.tb12207.x     Document Type: Article

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