Safety and immunogenicity of ontario rabies vaccine bait (ONRAB) in the first us field trial in raccoons (Procyon Lotor)

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 582-595

  Slate, Dennis ^a   Chipman, Richard B ^a   Algeo, Timothy P ^a   Mills, Samuel A ^a   Nelson, Kathleen M ^a   Croson, Christopher K ^a   Dubovi, Edward J ^b   Vercauteren, Kurt ^c   Renshaw, Randall W ^b   Atwood, Todd ^c,e   Johnson, Shylo ^c   Rupprecht, Charles E ^d  

^a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b Animal Health Diagnostic Center College of Veterinary Medicine Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^c NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d Erasmus Forum A434   (United States)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

AdRG1.3; ONRAB; Oral rabies vaccination; Rabies; Raccoon; Skunk

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; RABIES VACCINE; TETRACYCLINE; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE CARRIER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PROCEDURES; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; RACCOON; SKUNK; TOOTH; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; VETERINARY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; MALE; MEPHITIDAE; RABIES; RABIES VACCINES; RABIES VIRUS; RACCOONS; TETRACYCLINE; TOOTH; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; WEST VIRGINIA;

EID: 84903986287     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/2013-08-207     Document Type: Article

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