Serologic, Trace element, And fecal parasite survey of free-ranging, Female mule deer (odocoileus hemionus) in eastern Washington, USA

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 125-136

  Myers, Woodrow L ^a   Foreyt, William J ^b   Talcott, Patricia A ^b   Evermann, James F ^b   Chang, Wan Ying ^a  

^a WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fecal parasites; Mule deer; Odocoileus hemionus; Serologic survey; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

BLUETONGUE VIRUS; BOVINE HERPESVIRUS 1; BOVINE PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 3; BOVINE RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; BOVINE VIRAL DIARRHEA VIRUS 1; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS; CAPILLARIA; EIMERIA; EPIZOOTIC HEMORRHAGIC DISEASE VIRUS; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS SEROVAR BRATISLAVA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS SEROVAR CANICOLA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS SEROVAR GRIPPOTYPHOSA; MONIEZIA; NEMATODIRUS; NEOSPORA; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS; PARELAPHOSTRONGYLUS;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; TRACE ELEMENT; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; BLOOD; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; DEER; FECES; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; PARASITOLOGY; UNITED STATES; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS DISEASES;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; DEER; FECES; FEMALE; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TRACE ELEMENTS; VIRUS DISEASES; WASHINGTON;

EID: 84920547430     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/2014-05-119     Document Type: Article

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