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Occurrence of rabies in a wolf population in northeastern Alaska
G J Weiler1, G W Garner, D G Ritter
1Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Fairbanks, Alaska 99701, USA.
Journal of Wildlife Diseases
|January 1, 1995
Abstract:
Nine Alaskan wolves (Canis lupus) were found dead during spring and summer 1985; five of seven animals tested for rabies virus were positive. The 1985 epizootic altered annual den use patterns by wolves in northeastern Alaska, but did not appear to affect population size. We propose that rabies in arctic wolves may be more common than previously thought.
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