Laboratory diagnosis of rabies in Canada for calendar year 2006

Canadian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 359-361

  Fehlner Gardiner, Christine ^a   Muldoon, Frances ^a   Nadin Davis, Susan ^a   Wandeler, Alexander ^a   Kush, Josephine ^a   Jordan, Lorne T ^a  

^a CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CANADA; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; RABIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; CANADA; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; RABIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 42649094515     PISSN: 00085286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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