Serologic survey for Brucella spp., phocid herpesvirus-1, phocid herpesvirus-2, and phocine distemper virus in harbor seals from Alaska, 1976-1999

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 290-300

  Zarnke, Randall L ^a   Saliki, Jeremiah T ^b,d   Macmillan, Alastair P ^c   Brew, Simon D ^c   Dawson, Claire E ^c   Ver Hoef, Jay M ^a   Frost, Kathryn J ^a   Small, Robert J ^a  

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

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Brucella sp.; Harbor seals; Phoca vitulina richardsi; Phocid herpesvirus; Phocine distemper virus; Pinnipeds; Serology

Indexed keywords

BRUCELLA; CANINE DISTEMPER VIRUS; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 2; PHOCA; PHOCA VITULINA RICHARDSI; PHOCID HERPESVIRUS 1; PHOCID HERPESVIRUS 2; PHOCINE DISTEMPER VIRUS;

EID: 33748276450     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-42.2.290     Document Type: Article

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