Response to vaccination with a commercial inactivated rabies vaccine in a captive colony of Brazilian free-tailed bats (Tadarida brasiliensis)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 140-143

  Turmelle, Amy S ^a,d   Allen, Louise C ^b   Schmidt French, Barbara A ^c   Jackson, Felix R ^d   Kunz, Thomas H ^b   McCracken, Gary F ^a   Rupprecht, Charles E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BAT CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bat; Rabies virus; Tadarida brasiliensis; Vaccination; Virus neutralizing antibodies

Indexed keywords

INACTIVATED VACCINE; RABIES VACCINE; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BAT; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; RABIES; VACCINATION; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHIROPTERA; FEMALE; MALE; RABIES; RABIES VACCINES; VACCINATION; VACCINES, INACTIVATED;

RABIES VIRUS; TADARIDA BRASILIENSIS;

EID: 77950373265     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/2008-0161.1     Document Type: Article

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