Tularemia in deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) during a population irruption in Saskatchewan, Canada

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 23-31

  Wobeser, Gary ^a   Ngeleka, M ^b   Appleyard, G ^b   Bryden, L ^c   Mulvey, M R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b Prairie Diagnostic Services   (Canada)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crop damage; Deer mouse; Epizootic; Francisella tularensis; Peromyscus maniculatus; Tularemia; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS SUBSP. HOLARCTICA; MUS; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS;

EID: 34047145481     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-43.1.23     Document Type: Article

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