Emerging infectious diseases in free-ranging wildlife-Australian zoo based wildlife hospitals contribute to national surveillance

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Cox Witton, Keren ^a   Reiss, Andrea ^b   Woods, Rupert ^a   Grillo, Victoria ^a   Baker, Rupert T ^c   Blyde, David J ^d   Boardman, Wayne ^e,m   Cutter, Stephen ^f   Lacasse, Claude ^g   McCracken, Helen ^h   Pyne, Michael ⁱ   Smith, Ian ^e   Vitali, Simone ^j   Vogelnest, Larry ^k   Wedd, Dion ^f   Phillips, Martin ^b   Bunn, Chris ^l   Post, Lyndel ^l  

^a Australian Wildlife Health Network   (Australia)

^b Zoo and Aquarium Association Australasia   (Australia)

^c Healesville Sanctuary   (Australia)

^d Sea World   (Australia)

^e Adelaide Zoo   (Australia)

^f Territory Wildlife Park   (Australia)

^g Australia Zoo Queensland   (Australia)

^h Melbourne Zoo   (Australia)

ⁱ Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary   (Australia)

^j Perth Zoo   (Australia)

^k Taronga Zoo   (Australia)

^l NATIONAL HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Australia)

^m UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL HEALTH; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRD; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FREE RANGING WILDLIFE; HEALTH PROGRAM; INFECTION; MAMMAL; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; REPTILE; WILDLIFE; WILDLIFE HOSPITAL; ANIMAL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; VETERINARY; WILD ANIMAL; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; GEOGRAPHY; HOSPITALS, ANIMAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84900391840     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0095127     Document Type: Article

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