Identification and management of an outbreak of Flavobacterium meningosepticum infection in a colony of South African clawed frogs (Xenopus laevis)

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 214, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1833-1838

  Green, Sherril L ^a   Bouley, Donna M ^a   Tolwani, Ravi J ^a   Waggie, Kim S ^b   Lifland, Barry D ^a   Otto, Glen M ^a   Ferrell Jr , James E ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ZYMOGENETICS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDEMIC; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FLAVOBACTERIUM; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; SANITATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FLAVOBACTERIUM; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; SANITATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0033563476     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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