Naturally occurring spirochetes in the colonic mucosa of raccoons (Procyon lotor)

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 233-236

  Hamir, A N ^a   Trott, D ^b   Palmer, M ^b   Stasko, J ^b  

^a NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Intestinal spirochetes; Procyon lotor; Raccoons

Indexed keywords

BRACHYSPIRA; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR; SPIROCHAETALES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CYTOCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; INTESTINE MUCOSA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARGE INTESTINE; MICROBIOLOGY; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; RACCOON; SPIROCHETE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; INTESTINE, LARGE; IOWA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; RACCOONS; SPIROCHAETALES;

EID: 0035292835     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1354/vp.38-2-233     Document Type: Article

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