Suspected dermatophilosis in an adult orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus pygmaeus)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 336-341

  Brack, Manfred ^a   Hochleithner, Claudia ^b   Hochleithner, Manfred ^b   Zenker, Wolfgang ^c  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^b Animal Clinic Strebersdorf   (Austria)

^c Tiergarten Schonbrunn   (Austria)

Author keywords

Dermatophilufs congolensis; Orangutan; Skin disease

Indexed keywords

ACTINOMYCETALES; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTHROPOIDEA; APE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SKIN; ZOO ANIMAL;

ACTINOMYCETALES; ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; APE DISEASES; FEMALE; PONGO PYGMAEUS; SKIN;

EID: 0031217451     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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