What is the future of wildlife rabies control in Europe?

Developments in Biologicals

Volumn 131, Issue , 2008, Pages 283-289

  Smith, Graham C ^a,g   Thulke, H H ^b   Fooks, A R ^c   Artois, M ^d   Macdonald, D W ^e   Eisinger, D ^b   Selhorst, T ^f  

^a Central Science Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^d VETAGRO SUP   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^g CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Control; Europe; Model; Rabies; Raccoon dog; Red fox; Vaccination; Virus; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

EID: 44649181082     PISSN: 14246074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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