Absence of Escherichia coli O157 in a survey of wildlife from Trinidad and Tobago

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 115-120

  Adesiyun, Abiodun A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Capture wildlife; Escherichia coli; Free ranging wildlife; Survey

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALLIFORMES; MAMMALIA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; CLOACA; DISEASE CARRIER; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MAMMAL; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RECTUM; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; WILD ANIMAL; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANIMALS, ZOO; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; CLOACA; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; MAMMALS; PREVALENCE; RECTUM; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 0032617484     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-35.1.115     Document Type: Article

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