Passive, opportunistic wildlife disease surveillance in the Rocky Mountain Region, USA

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 308-314

  Duncan, C ^a   Backus, L ^a   Lynn, T ^b   Powers, B ^a   Salman, M ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Emerging infectious disease; Surveillance; Wild animals

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; MALE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; FEMALE; MALE; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 49049087898     PISSN: 18651674     EISSN: 18651682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1865-1682.2008.01039.x     Document Type: Article

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