Fecal shedding of Salmonella in exotic felids

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 148-152

  Clyde, Victoria L ^a,b   Ramsay, Edward C ^a   Bemis, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b Milwaukee County Zoological Gardens   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Fecal shedding; Felidae; Salmonella

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL SALMONELLOSIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CARNIVORA; CHEETAH; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FECES; FEMALE; FOOD CONTROL; HETEROZYGOTE; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LION; MALE; MEAT; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SALMONELLA; SEROTYPING; UNITED STATES; ZOO ANIMAL;

ACINONYX; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARNIVORA; CARRIER STATE; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FECES; FEMALE; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; INCIDENCE; LIONS; MALE; MEAT; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PREVALENCE; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SEROTYPING; TENNESSEE;

EID: 0031156494     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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