Nasal and cloacal bacteria in free-ranging desert tortoises from the western United States

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 252-257

  Dickinson, Vanessa M ^a   Duck, Timothy ^b   Schwalbe, Cecil R ^c   Jarchow, James L ^d   Trueblood, Mark H ^e  

^a ARIZONA GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^b Bureau of Land Management   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d Sonora Animal Hospital   (United States)

^e Apollo Animal Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Desert tortoise; Gopherus agassizii; Mojave Desert; Pasteurella testudinis; Pseudomonas spp.; Salmonella spp.; Survey

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER; GOPHERUS AGASSIZII; PASTEURELLA; PASTEURELLA TESTUDINIS; PSEUDOMONAS; SALMONELLA; TESTUDINIDAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLOACA; FEMALE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NOSE CAVITY; SEASON; TURTLE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CLOACA; FEMALE; MALE; NASAL CAVITY; SEASONS; TURTLES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035319660     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-37.2.252     Document Type: Article

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