Retrospective and longitudinal study of salmonellosis in captive wildlife in Trinidad

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 284-293

  Gopee, Neera V ^a   Adesiyun, Abiodun A ^a   Caesar, Kenneth ^b  

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

^b Emperor Valley Zoo   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Captive wildlife; Salmonella spp.; Salmonellosis; Survey; Zoo

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA GAMINARA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SERPENTES; TYPHIMURIUM;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL SALMONELLOSIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAMMAL; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; REPTILE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALMONELLA; SEROTYPING; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIRDS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAMMALS; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; REPTILES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SEROTYPING; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 0034169423     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-36.2.284     Document Type: Article

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