Benefit cost scenarios of potential oral rabies vaccination for skunks in California

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 227-233

  Shwff, Stephanie A ^a   Sterner, Ray T ^a   Hale, Robert ^b   Jay, Michele T ^c   Sun, Ben ^c   Slate, Dennis ^b  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c Veterinary Public Health Section   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefit cost analysis; California; Economics; Oral vaccination; Rabies; Skunks

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORA; MEPHITIDAE; MEPHITIS MEPHITIS;

RABIES VACCINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CARNIVORA; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY; WILD ANIMAL;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CALIFORNIA; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; MALE; MEPHITIDAE; RABIES; RABIES VACCINES; RABIES VIRUS;

EID: 65249152913     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-45.1.227     Document Type: Article

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