Rabies in bats from Alabama

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 291-299

  Hester, Laura C ^a   Best, Troy L ^a   Hudson, M Keith ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

Alabama; Bats; Chiroptera; Molossidae; Rabies; Rhabdoviridae; Vespertilionidae

Indexed keywords

CHIROPTERA; EPTESICUS FUSCUS; LASIURUS BOREALIS; MOLOSSIDAE; NYCTICEIUS HUMERALIS; PIPISTRELLUS SUBFLAVUS; RABIES VIRUS; RHABDOVIRIDAE; VESPERTILIONIDAE;

EID: 34250327417     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-43.2.291     Document Type: Article

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