Morbidity and mortality associated with a new mycoplasma species from captive American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 303-314

  Clippinger, Tracy L ^a,d   Bennett, R Avery ^a   Johnson, Calvin M ^a   Vliet, Kent A ^b   Deem, Sharon L ^a,d   Orós, Jorge ^a,e   Jacobson, Elliott R ^a   Schumacher, Isabella M ^c,f   Brown, Daniel R ^c   Brown, Mary B ^f  

^a University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

^b Wildlife Conservation Society ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Alligator; Alligator mississippiensis; Mycoplasma sp.; Pneumonia; Septic arthritis; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CELL CULTURE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPIDEMIC; HEART MUSCLE; LUNG; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MYCOPLASMA; PATHOLOGY; SYNOVIUM; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UNITED STATES; ZOO ANIMAL;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; CELLS, CULTURED; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FLORIDA; LUNG; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MORBIDITY; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; MYOCARDIUM; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE;

EID: 0034279701     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/1042-7260(2000)031[0303:MAMAWA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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