Ranging behaviour and duration of survival of wild brushtail possums (trichosurus vulpecula) infected with mycobacterium bovis

New Zealand Veterinary Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 293-300

  Norton, S ^a   Corner, Lal ^a,b   Morris, R S ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Activity range; Bovine tuberculosis; Brushtail possum; Denning range; Disease transmission; Extended foray; Hotspot; Mycobacterium bovis; Trichosurus vulpecula; Wildlife reservoir

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NEW ZEALAND; SURVIVAL; TELEMETRY; TRICHOSURUS; TUBERCULOSIS; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NEW ZEALAND; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TELEMETRY; TRICHOSURUS; TUBERCULOSIS;

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; PHALANGERIDAE; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 27144433569     PISSN: 00480169     EISSN: 11760710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00480169.2005.36563     Document Type: Article

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