High-density baiting with ONRAB® rabies vaccine baits to control arctic-variant rabies in striped skunks in Ontario, Canada

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 159-165

  Rosatte, R C ^a   Donovan, D ^a   Davies, J C ^a   Brown, L ^a   Allan, M ^a   von Zuben, V ^a   Bachmann, P ^a   Sobey, K ^a   Silver, A ^a   Bennett, K ^a   Buchanan, T ^a   Bruce, L ^a   Gibson, M ^a   Purvis, M ^a   Beresford, A ^b   Beath, A ^b   Fehlner Gardiner, C ^c  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Artemis Technologies Inc   (Canada)

^c CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mephitis mephitis; Ontario; Oral rabies vaccination; Rabies; Rabies control; Striped skunk; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORA; MEPHITIDAE; MEPHITIS; MEPHITIS MEPHITIS; RABIES VIRUS; VULPES;

RABIES VACCINE; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CANADA; CARNIVORA; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PREVALENCE; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; VIROLOGY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; FEMALE; MALE; MEPHITIDAE; ONTARIO; PREVALENCE; RABIES; RABIES VACCINES; RABIES VIRUS;

EID: 79953668258     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-47.2.459     Document Type: Article

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