To cull, or not to cull, bat is the question

EcoHealth

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 6-8

  Olival, Kevin J ^a  

^a ECOHEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; BAT; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; TRANSMISSION; VETERINARY; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; EUTHANASIA, ANIMAL; HUMANS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84948951700     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-015-1075-7     Document Type: Article

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