Organochlorine pesticides associated with ocular, nasal, or otic infection in the eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 97-100

  Tangredi, Basil P ^a   Evans, Richard H ^b,c  

^a Volunteers for Wildlife Inc   (United States)

^b Pacific Wildlife Project   (United States)

^c Orange County Health Care Agency   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial infection; Chlordane endosulfan; Eastern box turtle; Organochlorines; Terrapene carolina carolina

Indexed keywords

CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; INSECTICIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; LIVER; MALE; TURTLE; UNITED STATES; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INSECTICIDES; LIVER; MALE; NEW YORK; TURTLES;

EID: 0031089951     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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