Six recommendations for improving monitoring of diseases shared with wildlife: Examples regarding mycobacterial infections in Spain

European Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 697-706

  Boadella, Mariana ^a   Gortazar, Christian ^a   Acevedo, Pelayo ^b   Carta, Tania ^a   Martín Hernando, María Paz ^a   de la Fuente, J ^a,c   Vicente, Joaquín ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease monitoring; Paratuberculosis; Time trends; Tuberculosis; Wildlife diseases; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79960441480     PISSN: 16124642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10344-011-0550-x     Document Type: Review

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