Title
Effectiveness of Rapid Diagnostic Tests to Assess Pathogens of Fishers (Martes pennanti) and Gray Foxes (Urocyon cinereoargenteus)
Author(s)
Sean Matthews
Published
2010
Publisher
Journal of Wildlife Disease
Abstract
Wildlife managers often need to assess the current health status of wildlife communities before implementation of management actions involving surveillance, reintroductions, or translocations. We estimated the sensitivity and specificity of a commercially available domestic canine rapid diagnostic antigen test for canine parvovirus and a rapid enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the detection of antibodies toward Anaplasma phagocytophilum on populations of fishers (Martes pennanti) and sympatric gray foxes (Urocyon cinereoargenteus).
Keywords
Anaplasma phagocytophilum, fisher, gray fox, parvovirus, test validation
Full Citation
Mourad W. Gabriel, Greta M. Wenger, Sean M. Matthews, J. Mark Higley, Janet E. Foley, Amanda Blades, Mike Sullivan and Richard N. Brown. Effectiveness of Rapid Diagnostic Tests to Assess Pathogens of Fishers (Martes pennanti) and Gray Foxes (Urocyon cinereoargenteus). J Wildl Dis. 2010 Jul;46(3):966-70.

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