Comparing ONRAB® and RABORAL V-RG ® oral rabies vaccine field performance in raccoons and striped skunks, New Brunswick, Canada, and Maine, USA

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 157-167

  Fehlner Gardiner, Christine ^a   Rudd, Robert ^b   Donovan, Dennis ^c   Slate, Dennis ^d   Kempf, Libby ^d   Badcock, Jacqueline ^e  

^a Ottawa Laboratory Fallowfield   (Canada)

^b WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^c ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^d UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^e Department of Health ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

ONRAB; Oral rabies vaccine; RABORAL VRG; Raccoon; Striped skunk

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALIA; MEPHITIDAE; MEPHITIS; MEPHITIS MEPHITIS; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR; RABIES VIRUS;

EID: 84856027485     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-48.1.157     Document Type: Article

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