Efficacy of wildlife rehabilitation centers in surveillance and monitoring of pathogen activity: A case study with west Nile virus

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 646-653

  Randall, Natalie J ^a   Blitvich, Bradley J ^a   Blanchong, Julie A ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Monitoring; Peridomestic birds; Raptors; Surveillance; West Nile virus; Wildlife rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

AVES; RAPTORES; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 84863449902     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-48.3.646     Document Type: Article

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