Prevalence of fecal shedding of Salmonella organisms among captive green iguanas and potential public health implications

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 213, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 48-50

  Burnham, Bruce R ^a   Atchley, Daniel H ^a   DeFusco, Russell P ^a   Ferris, Kathleen E ^b   Zicarelli, Jannell C ^a   Lee, John H ^a   Angulo, Frederick J ^c  

^a UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

^b National Veterinary Services Laboratories   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL SALMONELLOSIS; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FECES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIZARD; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SALMONELLA; SEROTYPING;

ANIMALS; COHORT STUDIES; FECES; IGUANAS; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SEROTYPING;

EID: 0032111842     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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