Tonsillar biopsy test for chronic wasting disease: Two sampling approaches in mule deer and white-tailed deer

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 820-824

  Schuler, Krysten L ^a   Jenks, Jonathan A ^a   DePerno, Christopher S ^b,c   Wild, Margaret A ^d   Swanson, Christopher C ^a  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic wasting disease; Mule deer; O. virginianus; Odocoileus hemionus; Prion; Tonsillar biopsy; Tonsillar follicles; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 33144484834     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-41.4.820     Document Type: Article

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