Use of infrared thermography to detect signs of rabies infection in raccoons (Procyon lotor)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 518-523

  Dunbar, Mike R ^a   MacCarthy, Kathleen A ^a  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease; Infrared; Procyon lotor; Rabies; Raccoons; Thermography; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR; RABIES VIRUS;

EID: 33846127780     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/06-039.1     Document Type: Article

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