Leptospirosis and tularaemia in raccoons (procyon lotor) of larimer country, colorado

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 29-34

  Duncan, C ^a   Krafsur, G ^a   Podell, B ^a   Baeten, L A ^a   Levan, I ^b   Charles, B ^a   Ehrhart, E J ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b Wildlife Health Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Leptospirosis; Procyon lotor; Public health; Raccoons; Tularaemia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FRANCISELLA; HEPATITIS; HISTIOCYTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LUNG GRANULOMA; LYMPHOID HYPERPLASIA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACCOON; SILICOSIS; SPLEEN DISEASE; TULAREMIA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; COLORADO; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOGS; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; KIDNEY; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACCOONS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; TULAREMIA; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; FRANCISELLA; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR;

EID: 84855729571     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2011.01412.x     Document Type: Article

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