Serologic survey of the island spotted skunk on Santa Cruz Island

Western North American Naturalist

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 456-461

  Bakker, Victoria J ^a   Van Vuren, Dirk H ^a   Crooks, Kevin R ^b   Scott, Cheryl A ^c   Wilcox, Jeffery T ^c   Gareelon, David K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c Box 73842 ^*  (United States)

^d INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Canine adenovirus; Canine distemper virus; Canine heartworm; Canine herpesvirus; Canine parcovirus; Island spotted skunk; Leptospira; Pseudorabies virus; Santa Cruz Island; Spilogale gracilis amphiala

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRIDAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANID HERPESVIRUS 1; CANIDAE; CANINE ADENOVIRUS; CANINE DISTEMPER VIRUS; CANINE PARVOVIRUS; CARNIVORA; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; HERPESVIRIDAE; LEPTOSPIRA; MEPHITIDAE; PARVOVIRUS; SPILOGALE; SPILOGALE GRACILIS; SPILOGALE PUTORIUS; SUID HERPESVIRUS 1; UROCYON LITTORALIS;

EID: 33845988731     PISSN: 15270904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3398/1527-0904(2006)66[456:SSOTIS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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