Exposure to selected pathogens in Geoffroy's cats and domestic carnivores from central Argentina

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 899-909

  Uhart, Marcela M ^a   Virginia Rago, M ^a   Marull, Carolina A ^a   Ferreyra, Hebe del Valle ^a   Pereira, Javier A ^b,c  

^a Wildlife Conservation Society ^*  (Argentina)

^b MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

^c Asociación para la Conservación y el Estudio de la Naturaleza ACEN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Domestic carnivores; Domestic wild interface; Leopardus geoffroyi; Pathogens; Serosurvey

Indexed keywords

HELMINTH ANTIBODY; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CAT; DISEASE CARRIER; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FELIDAE; FEMALE; MALE; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ARGENTINA; CATS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DOGS; FELIDAE; FEMALE; MALE; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 84867725527     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/2011-05-137     Document Type: Article

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