Tracheal malformation in a bicephalic honduran milk snake (Lampropeltis hondurensis) and subsequent fatal Salmonella arizonae infection

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 331-335

  Orós, Jorge ^a   Rodríguez, José L ^a   De Los Monteros, Antonio Espinosa ^a   Rodríguez, Francisco ^a   Herráez, Pedro ^a   Fernández, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bicephalic snake; Lampropeltis hondurensis; Salmonella arizonae; Tracheal malformation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL SALMONELLOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FATALITY; HEAD; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NECROSIS; PATHOLOGY; SALMONELLA ARIZONAE; SNAKE; SPAIN; TRACHEA;

ANIMALS; FATAL OUTCOME; HEAD; LIVER; MALE; NECROSIS; SALMONELLA ARIZONAE; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SNAKES; SPAIN; TRACHEA;

EID: 0031218432     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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