Relative vulnerability of chronic wasting disease infected mule deer to vehicle collisions

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 503-511

  Krumm, Caroline E ^a,b   Conner, Mary M ^c   Miller, Michael W ^a  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic wasting disease (CWD); Mule deer; Odocoileus hemionus; Predator prey; Prion; Surveillance; Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy; Vehicle collision

Indexed keywords

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS;

EID: 27744591358     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-41.3.503     Document Type: Article

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