Infectious disease monitoring of the endangered Hawaiian monk seal

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 229-241

  Aguirre, A Alonso ^a   Keefe, Thomas J ^b   Reif, John S ^b   Kashinsky, Lizabeth ^c   Yochem, Pamela K ^d   Saliki, Jeremiah T ^e   Stott, Jeffrey L ^f   Goldstein, Tracey ^f   Dubey, J P ^g   Braun, Robert ^h   Antonelis, George ^h  

^a ECOHEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d HUBBS SEAWORLD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^h NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brucella; Chlamydophila; Hawaiian monk seal; Leptospira bratislava; Monachus schauinslandi; Phocine herpesvirus; Serology; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRUCELLA; CANINE ADENOVIRUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA ABORTUS; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; HERPESVIRIDAE; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZAVIRUS A; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA ICTEROHAEMORRHAGIAE; MAMMALIA; MONACHUS SCHAUINSLANDI; MORBILLIVIRUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 34250375141     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-43.2.229     Document Type: Article

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