Survey of selected pathogens and blood parameters of northern yellowstone elk: Wolf sanitation effect implications

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 369-381

  Barber Meyer, Shannon M ^a,d   White, P J ^b   Mech, L David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CANID; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEER; PATHOGENICITY; PREDATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; BOVINE RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; EPIZOOTIC HEMORRHAGIC DISEASE VIRUS; HUMAN PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 3; LEPTOSPIRA; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS;

EID: 36049048283     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2007)158[369:SOSPAB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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