Immunization of black-tailed prairie dog against plague through consumption of vaccine-laden baits

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 930-937

  Rocke, Tonie E ^a   Smith, Susan R ^a   Stinchcomb, Dan T ^b   Osorio, Jorge E ^c  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b Inviragen Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Black tailed prairie dogs; Immunization; Sylvatic plague; Vaccine; Yersinia pestis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; CYNOMYS; CYNOMYS LUDOVICIANUS; POXVIRIDAE; PROCYON; RACCOONPOX VIRUS; RODENTIA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 56549126223     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-44.4.930     Document Type: Article

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