SELENIUM AND WHITE MUSCLE DISEASE IN WOODCHUCKS

W. JAMES FLEMING; WANDA M. HASCHEK; WALTER H. GUTENMANN; JAMES W. CASUCK; DONALD J. LISK

doi:10.7589/0090-3558-13.3.265

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1 July 1977 SELENIUM AND WHITE MUSCLE DISEASE IN WOODCHUCKS

W. JAMES FLEMING, WANDA M. HASCHEK, WALTER H. GUTENMANN, JAMES W. CASUCK, DONALD J. LISK

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J. of Wildlife Diseases, 13(3):265-268 (1977). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-13.3.265

Abstract

Gross and histologic examination of woodchucks (Marmota monax) trapped on farms in Central New York revealed white muscle disease (WMD). The concentration of selenium in the animal tissues, vegetation and soils in the vicinity of trapping did not consistently correlate with the presence of WMD.

FLEMING, HASCHEK, GUTENMANN, CASUCK, and LISK: SELENIUM AND WHITE MUSCLE DISEASE IN WOODCHUCKS

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W. JAMES FLEMING, WANDA M. HASCHEK, WALTER H. GUTENMANN, JAMES W. CASUCK, and DONALD J. LISK "SELENIUM AND WHITE MUSCLE DISEASE IN WOODCHUCKS," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 13(3), 265-268, (1 July 1977). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-13.3.265

Received: 7 February 1977; Published: 1 July 1977

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