Further Evidence of Western Encephalitis Infection in Saskatchewan Mammals and Birds and in Reindeer in Northern Canada

• Main Authors: Burton,A. N., McLintock,J.
• Other Authors: SASKATCHEWAN UNIV SASKATOON
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1970
• Subjects: Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine; Microbiology; (*WESTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS; VERTEBRATES); (*CULEX; WESTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS); (*VIRUS DISEASES; ARBOVIRUSES; INFECTIONS; INFECTIOUS DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; CULICIDAE; BIRDS; MAMMALS; VETERINARY MEDICINE; SERODIAGNOSIS; ANTIGENS + ANTIBODIES; CANADA; DISEASE VECTORS; WILDLIFE; HOST PARASITE RELATIONS; CULEX TARSALIS; Canada; Norman Wells; Northwest Territories
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0718155; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0718155

By means of serum neutralization tests, additional vertebrate hosts of the WE virus have been identified in Saskatchewan and the Northwest Territories. Infection rates indicate that pigs might be more sensitive indicators of virus activity in nature than domestic poultry. The known northern distribu...