Exposure to disease agents in the endangered Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus)

European Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 171-178

  Roelke, Melody E ^a   Johnson, Warren E ^b   Millán, Javier ^c   Palomares, Francisco ^c   Revilla, Eloy ^c   Rodríguez, Alejandro ^c   Calzada, Javier ^d   Ferreras, Pablo ^e   León Vizcaíno, Luis ^f   Delibes, Miguel ^c   O'Brien, Stephen J ^b  

^a SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Andalusia; Conservation; Disease risk; Serosurvey; Spain

Indexed keywords

CALICIVIRIDAE; CANINE DISTEMPER VIRUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CORONAVIRUS; FELID HERPESVIRUS 1; FELIDAE; FELINE CALICIVIRUS; FELINE CORONAVIRUS; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; FELIS CATUS; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1; LYNX; LYNX PARDINUS; PARVOVIRUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 42449158015     PISSN: 16124642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10344-007-0122-2     Document Type: Article

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