Epidemiology of chronic wasting disease in captive white-tailed and mule deer

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 320-327

  Miller, Michael W ^a   Wild, Margaret A ^a  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic wasting disease; Epidemiology; Mule deer; Odocoileus hemionus; Odocoileus virginianus; Prion; Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 3843055849     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-40.2.320     Document Type: Article

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