The role of feral mammals on wildlife infectious disease prevalence in two nature reserves within Mexico City limits

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 479-484

  Suzán, Gerardo ^a   Ceballos, Gerardo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Feral; Mammals; Mexico; Parvovirus; Rabies; Toxoplasma

Indexed keywords

BASSARISCUS; BASSARISCUS ASTUTUS; CANINE PARVOVIRUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CARNIVORA; DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIS VIRGINIANA; FELIS CATUS; MAMMALIA; MUSTELA FRENATA; MUSTELINAE; PARVOVIRUS; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS AUREOGASTER; SPERMOPHILUS VARIEGATUS; SPILOGALE; SPILOGALE GRACILIS; TOXOPLASMA;

EID: 30444452369     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/04-078.1     Document Type: Article

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