Pseudorabies virus and brucella abortus from an expanding wild pig (Sus scrofa) population in southern Oklahoma, USA

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 383-386

  Gaskamp, Joshua A ^a   Gee, Kenneth L ^a,d   Campbell, Tyler A ^b   Silvy, Nova J ^c   Webb, Stephen L ^a  

^a PLANT BIOLOGY DIVISION   (United States)

^b East Wildlife Foundation   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Oaks and Prairies Joint Venture   (United States)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Feral swine; Livestock; Pathogen transmission; Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus; Pseudorabies virus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; OKLAHOMA; PIG; POPULATION GROWTH; PSEUDORABIES; PSEUDORABIES VIRUS; SWINE DISEASES; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS; HERPESVIRUS 1, SUID; OKLAHOMA; POPULATION GROWTH; PSEUDORABIES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 84964773862     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/2015-08-218     Document Type: Article

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