Serum chemistry and antibodies against pathogens in antarctic fur seals, weddell seals, crabeater seals, and ross seals

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 632-645

  Tryland, Morten ^a   Nymo, Ingebjørg H ^a   Nielsen, Ole ^b   Nordøy, Erling S ^c   Kovacs, Kit M ^d   Krafft, Bjørn A ^d,f   Thoresen, Stein I ^a   Åsbakk, Kjetil ^a   Osterrieder, Klaus ^e   Roth, Swaantje J ^e   Lydersen, Christian ^d   Godfroid, Jacques ^a   Blix, Arnoldus S ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^e FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^f INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Brucella pinnipedialis; Clinical pathology; Phocine distemper; Phocine herpesvirus; Toxoplasma; Trichinella; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARCTOCEPHALUS GAZELLA; BRUCELLA; HERPESVIRIDAE; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1; LEPTONYCHOTES WEDDELLII; LOBODON CARCINOPHAGUS; OMMATOPHOCA ROSSII; PHOCINE DISTEMPER VIRUS; TOXOPLASMA; TRICHINELLA;

EID: 84863483907     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-48.3.632     Document Type: Article

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