Bacteria and Nematodes in the Conjunctiva of Mule Deer from Wyoming and Utah

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 783-787

  Dubay, S A ^a   Williams, E S ^a   Mills, K ^a   Boerger Fields, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial flora; Conjunctiva; Infectious keratoconjunctivitis; Mule deer; Odocoileus hemionus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONJUNCTIVA; DEER; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; PARASITOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CONJUNCTIVA; DEER; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS, INFECTIOUS; MALE; NEMATODA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; UTAH; WYOMING;

EID: 0034303226     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-36.4.783     Document Type: Article

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