Exposure of free-ranging maned wolves (Chrysocyon brachyurus) to infectious and parasitic disease agents in the Noël Kempff Mercado National Park, Bolivia

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 192-197

  Deem, Sharon L ^a,c   Emmons, Louise H ^b  

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bolivia; Chrysocyon brachyurus; Infectious diseases; Maned wolf; Parasitic diseases

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRIDAE; CANINE ADENOVIRUS; CANINE CORONAVIRUS; CANINE DISTEMPER VIRUS; CANINE PARVOVIRUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; CHICKEN ANEMIA VIRUS; CHRYSOCYON BRACHYURUS; CORONAVIRUS; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; MAMMALIA; PARVOVIRUS; RABIES VIRUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 24644443688     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/04-076.1     Document Type: Article

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