Rabies in hooded and striped skunks in Arizona

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 825-829

  Hass, Christine C ^a   Dragoo, Jerry W ^b  

^a Audubon Appleton Whittell Res Ranch   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Arizona; Hooded skunk; Mephitis macroura; Mephitis mephitis; Rabies serology; Radiotracking; Striped skunk

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORA; MEPHITIDAE; MEPHITIS; MEPHITIS MACROURA; MEPHITIS MEPHITIS; RABIES VIRUS;

EID: 33846910020     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-42.4.825     Document Type: Article

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