Results of vaccination of Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) with monovalent inactivated rabies vaccine

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1934-1936

  Isaza, Ramiro ^a   Davis, Rolan D ^b   Moore, Susan M ^b   Briggs, Deborah J ^c  

^a University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INACTIVATED VIRUS VACCINE; RABIES VACCINE;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ASIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; ELEPHANT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; RABIES; SERODIAGNOSIS; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; VACCINATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIBODY FORMATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELEPHANTS; FEMALE; MALE; RABIES; RABIES VACCINES; VACCINATION; VACCINES, INACTIVATED;

ANIMALIA; ELEPHANTIDAE; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS; RABIES VIRUS;

EID: 33751241709     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.67.11.1934     Document Type: Article

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