Infectious disease and the decline of Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) in Alaska, USA: Insights from serologic data

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 512-524

  Burek, Kathy A ^a   Gulland, Frances M D ^b   Sheffield, Gay ^c   Beckmen, Kimberlee B ^c   Keyes, Enid ^c   Spraker, Terry R ^d   Smith, Alvin W ^d   Skilling, Douglas E ^e   Evermann, James F ^f   Stott, Jeffery L ^g   Saliki, Jerry T ^h   Trites, Andrew W ⁱ  

^a Alaska Veterinary Pathology Services   (United States)

^b THE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^d Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^e OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adenovirus; Calicivirus; Chlamydophila psittaci; Herpesvirus; Morbillivirus; Serology; Steller sea lion

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALIA; BRUCELLA; CALICIVIRIDAE; CANINE ADENOVIRUS; CANINE PARVOVIRUS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; EUMETOPIAS JUBATUS; HERPESVIRIDAE; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; MAMMALIA; MEASLES VIRUS; MORBILLIVIRUS; OTARIIDAE; PARVOVIRUS; PHOCID HERPESVIRUS 1; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 27744521194     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-41.3.512     Document Type: Article

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