Oral rabies vaccination of a Northern Ohio raccoon population: Relevance of population density andprebait serology

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 553-568

  Ramey, Paul C ^a   Blackwell, Bradley F ^b   Gates, Robert J ^a   Slemons, Richard D ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Oral rabies vaccination; Population density; Procyon lotor; Rabies virus; Raccoon; V RG; Vaccination; Virus neutralizing antibodies

Indexed keywords

LYSSAVIRUS; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR; RABIES VIRUS; RHABDOVIRIDAE;

EID: 52949123660     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-44.3.553     Document Type: Article

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