Evaluation of the Presence of ASFV in Wolf Feces Collected from Areas in Poland with ASFV Persistence
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Wolf Telemetry and Sample Collection
2.2. Laboratory Analyses
3. Results
4. Discussion
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Szewczyk, M.; Łepek, K.; Nowak, S.; Witek, M.; Bajcarczyk, A.; Kurek, K.; Stachyra, P.; Mysłajek, R.W.; Szewczyk, B. Evaluation of the Presence of ASFV in Wolf Feces Collected from Areas in Poland with ASFV Persistence. Viruses 2021, 13, 2062. https://doi.org/10.3390/v13102062
Szewczyk M, Łepek K, Nowak S, Witek M, Bajcarczyk A, Kurek K, Stachyra P, Mysłajek RW, Szewczyk B. Evaluation of the Presence of ASFV in Wolf Feces Collected from Areas in Poland with ASFV Persistence. Viruses. 2021; 13(10):2062. https://doi.org/10.3390/v13102062
Chicago/Turabian StyleSzewczyk, Maciej, Krzysztof Łepek, Sabina Nowak, Małgorzata Witek, Anna Bajcarczyk, Korneliusz Kurek, Przemysław Stachyra, Robert W. Mysłajek, and Bogusław Szewczyk. 2021. "Evaluation of the Presence of ASFV in Wolf Feces Collected from Areas in Poland with ASFV Persistence" Viruses 13, no. 10: 2062. https://doi.org/10.3390/v13102062