Effects of vaccination against viral haemorrhagic disease and myxomatosis on long-term mortality rates of European wild rabbits

Veterinary Record

Volumn 155, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 388-392

  Calvete, C ^a,c   Estrada, R ^a   Lucientes, J ^a   Osacar, J J ^a   Villafuerte, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

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

^c NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS VACCINE;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; BLEEDING DISORDER; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; MALE; MORTALITY; MYXOMATOSIS; NONHUMAN; PROPHYLAXIS; RABBIT; VACCINATION; VIRUS INFECTION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 4744337673     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.155.13.388     Document Type: Article

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