Rabies in kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros)

Berliner und Munchener Tierarztliche Wochenschrift

Volumn 125, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 236-241

  Scott, Terence ^a   Hassel, Rainer ^b   Nel, Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b AGRA Co Operative Limited   (Namibia)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Epizootic; Jackal; Kudu; Namibia; Rabies

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANTELOPE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; NAMIBIA; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; VIROLOGY; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTELOPES; FEMALE; MALE; NAMIBIA; NUCLEOPROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS;

ANIMALIA; TRAGELAPHUS STREPSICEROS;

EID: 84866159529     PISSN: 00059366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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