Bovine tuberculosis in a free ranging red fox (Vulpes vulpes) from Doñana National Park (Spain)

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 435-436

  Martin Atance P ^a   Palomares, F ^b   Gonzalez Candela M ^c   Revilla, E ^b   Cubero, M J ^c   Calzada, J ^b   Leon Vizcaino L ^c  

^a Centro de Investigacion Agraria Albaladejito   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bovine tuberculosis; Carnivores; Epidemiology; Mycobacterium bovis; Red fox; Vulpes vulpes

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; CARNIVORA; GENETTA GENETTA; HERPESTES ICHNEUMON; LYNX; LYNX PARDINUS; MELES MELES; MUSTELA NIVALIS; MUSTELA PUTORIUS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 24344495211     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-41.2.435     Document Type: Article

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