The Role of Wildlife in Diseases of Cattle

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Food Animal Practice

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 147-161

  Van Campen, Hana ^a   Rhyan, Jack ^b  

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

^b UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; BVD; Cattle; Disease; TB; Tuberculosis; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BRUCELLOSIS; BUFFALO; CATTLE; DEER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; REVIEW; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BISON; BRUCELLOSIS, BOVINE; CATTLE; DEER; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

BOS; BOVINAE; BOVINE VIRAL DIARRHEA VIRUS 1; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS;

EID: 73149108647     PISSN: 07490720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvfa.2009.10.008     Document Type: Review

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