Novel poxvirus infection in northern and southern sea otters (Enhydra Lutris Kenyoni and Enhydra Lutris Neiris), Alaska and California, USA

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 607-615

  Tuomi, Pamela A ^a   Murray, Michael J ^b   Garner, Michael M ^c   Goertz, Caroline E C ^a   Nordhausen, Robert W ^d   Burek Huntington, Kathleen A ^e   Getzy, David M ^f   Nielsen, Ole ^g   Archer, Linda L ^h   Maness, Heather T D ^h   Wellehan Jr , James F X ^h   Waltzek, Thomas B ^h  

^a ALASKA SEALIFE CENTER   (United States)

^b MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM   (United States)

^c NORTHWEST ZOOPATH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Alaska Veterinary Pathology Services   (United States)

^f IDEXX LABORATORIES   (United States)

^g FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^h University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Enhydra lutris; Marine mammal; PCR; Phylogeny; Poxvirus; Sea otter; Skin lesion

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; OTTER; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POXVIRIDAE; POXVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; SKIN DISEASES, VIRAL; UNITED STATES; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY; WILD ANIMAL;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CALIFORNIA; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; OTTERS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POXVIRIDAE; POXVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; SKIN DISEASES, VIRAL;

EID: 84903989375     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/2013-08-217     Document Type: Article

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