Surveillance and movements of Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana) in the bovine tuberculosis region of Michigan

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 141, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1498-1508

  Walter, W D ^a   Fischer, J W ^a   Anderson, C W ^b   Marks, D R ^b   Deliberto, T ^a   Robbe Austerman, S ^c   Vercauteren, K C ^a  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b United States Department of Agriculture   (United States)

^c National Veterinary Services Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

Bovine tuberculosis (bTB); Home range; Indirect disease transmission; Mycobacterium bovis; Resource selection analysis; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; CAT; CATTLE; COYOTE; DIDELPHIS VIRGINIANA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HOME RANGE; HOST; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; PREVALENCE; RACCOON; SKUNK; SYLVILAGUS; UNITED STATES; VULPES VULPES; WOODCHUCK;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DIDELPHIS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HOMING BEHAVIOR; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MICHIGAN; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE;

EID: 84878837940     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268813000629     Document Type: Article

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