Frequency of rabies infections and clinical signs in a wildlife rehabilitation sample of bats in central Texas, 1997-2001

Journal of Wildlife Rehabilitation

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 6-9

  Schmidt French, Barbara ^a,c   Rudd, Robert J ^b   Trimarchi, Charles V ^b  

^a BAT CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bats; Clinical signs; Rabies; Wildlife rehabilitation; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

LASIURUS BOREALIS; MOLOSSIDAE; RABIES VIRUS; TADARIDA BRASILIENSIS;

EID: 35348873353     PISSN: 10712232     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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