Canine rabies: A looming threat to public

Animals

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 326-342

  Burgos Cáceres, Sigfrido ^a  

^a FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Canines; Public health; Rabies; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879916425     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20762615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ani1040326     Document Type: Review

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