Management measures to control a feline leukemia virus outbreak in the endangered Iberian lynx

Animal Conservation

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 173-182

  Lopez G ^a   Lopez Parra M ^a   Fernandez L ^a   Martinez Granados C ^b   Martinez F ^c   Meli, M L ^d   Gil Sanchez J M ^a   Viqueira, N ^a   Diaz Portero M A ^a   Cadenas, R ^a   Lutz, H ^d   Vargas, A ^b   Simon M A ^a  

^a JUNTA DE ANDALUCÍA   (Spain)

^b Espacio Natural de Doñana ^*  (Spain)

^c Programa de Conservación Ex Situ del Lince Ibérico   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Felids; Feline leukemia virus; Iberian lynx; Infectious diseases; Outbreak

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE SPREAD; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FELID; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; VACCINATION; VIRUS;

ANIMALIA; FELIDAE; FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; FELIS CATUS; LYNX; LYNX LYNX; LYNX PARDINUS;

EID: 65649147894     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2009.00241.x     Document Type: Article

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