Serum antibody titers following routine rabies vaccination in African elephants

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 235, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 978-981

  Miller, Michele A ^a,c   Olea Popelka, Francisco ^b  

^a Disney's Animal Kingdom ^*  (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c Palm Beach Zoo   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RABIES VACCINE; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; ELEPHANT; IMMUNOLOGY; RABIES; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ELEPHANTS; RABIES; RABIES VACCINES;

ANIMALIA; CANA; ELEPHANTIDAE; LOXODONTA; RABIES VIRUS;

EID: 70350543476     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.235.8.978     Document Type: Article

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