Necrobacillosis in free-living male European bison in Poland

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 248-256

  Jakob, Willi ^a   Schröder, Hans Dieter ^a   Rudolph, Michael ^a   Krasiński, Zbigniew A ^b   Krasińska, Matgorzata ^c   Wolf, Olaf ^a   Lange, André ^d   Cooper, John E ^e   Frölich, Kai ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b Bialowieza National Park   (Poland)

^c MAMMAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^d FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^e Wildlife Health Services   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bison bonasus; European bison; Fusobacterium sp.; Histopathology; Necrobacillosis; Necrotic posthitis and balanitis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BISON; BISON BONASUS; BUBALUS; FUSOBACTERIUM; FUSOBACTERIUM SP.; NEGIBACTERIA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BUFFALO; CLASSIFICATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FUSOBACTERIUM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NECROSIS; PATHOLOGY; PENIS; PENIS DISEASE; POLAND; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BISON; FUSOBACTERIUM; FUSOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NECROSIS; PENILE DISEASES; PENIS; POLAND;

EID: 0034170339     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-36.2.248     Document Type: Article

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