Survey for selected pathogens and evaluation of disease risk factors for endangered Hawaiian monk seals in the main Hawaiian Islands

EcoHealth

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 232-244

  Littnan, Charles L ^a   Stewart, Brent S ^b   Yochem, Pamela K ^b   Braun, Robert ^a  

^a PACIFIC ISLANDS FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b HUBBS SEAWORLD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hawaiian Islands; Hawaiian monk seal; Leptospirosis; Monachus schauinslandi; Pathogen pollution; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CALICIVIRUS; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA ABORTUS; COMPLEMENT FIXATION; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FORAGING; HABITAT; HERPES VIRUS; LEPTOSPIRA; LIVESTOCK; MEASLES VIRUS; MOUSE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SARCOCYSTIS NEURONA; SEAL; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; TELECOMMUNICATION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALIA; CALICIVIRIDAE; CAMPYLOBACTER SP.; CANINE ADENOVIRUS; CHLAMYDOPHILA ABORTUS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; FELIDAE; HERPESVIRIDAE; LEPTOSPIRA SP.; MAMMALIA; MONACHUS; MONACHUS SCHAUINSLANDI; MORBILLIVIRUS; NEOSPORA CANINUM; SALMONELLA SP.; SARCOCYSTIS NEURONA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 33847234290     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-006-0059-z     Document Type: Article

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