The effect of oestrus and the presence of pouch young on aerobic bacteria isolated from the pouch of the tammar wallaby, Macropus eugenii

Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 237-245

  Old, J M ^a   Deane, E M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Immunocompetence; Marsupium; Microflora; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CORYNEBACTERIUM; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESTRUS; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MARSUPIAL; MICROCOCCUS; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REPRODUCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; ESTRUS; FEMALE; MACROPODIDAE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MACROPUS EUGENII; METATHERIA; MICROCOCCUS; NEGIBACTERIA; PHASCOLARCTOS CINEREUS; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SETONIX BRACHYURUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 0031680315     PISSN: 01479571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0147-9571(98)00022-8     Document Type: Article

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