Age-related lesions in laboratory-confined raccoons (Procyon lotor) inoculated with the agent of chronic wasting disease of mule deer

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 680-686

  Hamir, Amir N ^a   Kunkle, Robert A ^a   Miller, Janice M ^a   Cutlip, Randall C ^a   Richt, Juergen A ^a   Kehrli Jr , Marcus E ^a   Williams, Elizabeth S ^b  

^a NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Age related pathologic changes; Chronic wasting disease (CWD); Procyon lotor; Raccoons

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE; DEER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; PATHOLOGY; PRION; RACCOON;

AGING; ANIMALS; DEER; PRIONS; RACCOONS; WASTING DISEASE, CHRONIC;

EID: 38449092642     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063870701900610     Document Type: Article

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