Canine distemper virus-associated encephalitis in free-living lynx (lynx canadensis) and bobcats (lynx rufus) of Eastern Canada

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 611-624

  Daoust, Pierre Yves ^a   McBurney, Scott R ^a   Godson, Dale L ^b   Van De Bildt, Marco W G ^c   Osterhaus, Albert D M E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bobcat; Canada; Distemper; Lynx; Lynx canadensis; Lynx rufus; Morbillivirus

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CANINE DISTEMPER VIRUS; FELIDAE; LYNX; LYNX CANADENSIS; LYNX RUFUS; MEASLES VIRUS; MORBILLIVIRUS; PROTOZOA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANINE DISTEMPER MORBILLIVIRUS; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LYNX; MALE; NEMATODIASIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIROLOGY; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BASE SEQUENCE; CANADA; DISTEMPER; DISTEMPER VIRUS, CANINE; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYNX; MALE; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 70349339319     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-45.3.611     Document Type: Article

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