Rabies in a captive colony of big brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus)

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 403-413

  Shankar, Vidya ^a,b   Bowen, Richard A ^a   Davis, April D ^a   Rupprecht, Charles E ^b   O'Shea, Thomas J ^c  

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

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Big brown bats; Eptesicus fuscus; Rabies; Rabies virus; Virus neutralizing antibodies

Indexed keywords

EPTESICUS; EPTESICUS FUSCUS; RABIES VIRUS;

EID: 5044241727     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-40.3.403     Document Type: Article

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