Illegal wildlife imports more than just animals-Baylisascaris procyonis in raccoons (Procyon lotor) in Norway

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 986-990

  Davidson, Rebecca K ^a   Øines, Øivind ^a   Hamnes, Inger S ^a   Schulze, Johan E ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Baylisascaris; Emerging diseases; Illegal trade; Norway; PCR; Raccoon; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ASCARID INFECTION; ASCARIDOIDEA; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CRIME; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NORWAY; NOTE; PARASITOLOGY; PROCYONIDAE; RACCOON; RACCOON DOG; WILD ANIMAL; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ASCARIDIDA INFECTIONS; ASCARIDOIDEA; COMMERCE; CRIME; NORWAY; PROCYONIDAE; RACCOON DOGS; RACCOONS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84887031487     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/2012-06-154     Document Type: Note

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