Rabies in the arctic fox population, Svalbard, Norway

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 945-957

  Mørk, Torill ^a   Bohlin, Jon ^b   Fuglei, Eva ^c   Åsbakk, Kjetil ^b   Tryland, Morten ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arctic fox; Phylogeny; Rabies virus; Russia; Svalbard

Indexed keywords

EID: 84055191561     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-47.4.945     Document Type: Article

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