Gram-negative bacterial infections and cardiovascular parasitism in green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas)

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 415-417

  Raidal, S R ^a   Ohara, M ^a   Hobbs, R P ^a   Prince, R I T ^b  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Wildlife Research Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIORCHIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; DIGENEA (FLUKES); HAEMOXENICON; HAPALOTREMA SP.; MICROSCAPHIDIIDAE; MORAXELLA SP.; MYDAS; NEGIBACTERIA; PARALICHTHYS DENTATUS; PARAMPHISTOMIDAE; PRONOCEPHALIDAE; SALMONELLA; SPIRORCHIDAE; TESTUDINES; TREMATODA;

SEA WATER;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BRAIN; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CASE REPORT; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; MENINX; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; TREMATODIASIS; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; MENINGES; SEAWATER; TREMATODE INFECTIONS; TURTLES; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0032084368     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.1998.tb12392.x     Document Type: Article

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