A retrospective study of the causes of morbidity and mortality in farmed elk (Cervus elaphus)

Canadian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1108-1121

  Woodbury, Murray R ^a   Berezowski, John ^b   Haigh, Jerry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DYSTOCIA; HEALTH SURVEY; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PNEUMONIA; RED DEER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TICK; TUBERCULOSIS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CANADA; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEER; FEMALE; LABORATORIES; MALE; MORBIDITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; CERVUS ELAPHUS;

EID: 30644460092     PISSN: 00085286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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