Positive Effects of Diet Change on Shedding of Salmonella spp. in the Feces of Captive Felids

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 83-84

  Lewis, Charles E ^a   Bemis, David A ^a   Ramsay, Edward C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Fecal shedding; Felidae; Salmonella

Indexed keywords

FELIDAE; FELIS; PANTHERA PARDUS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA SP.; UNCIA UNCIA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL SALMONELLOSIS; ARTICLE; CARNIVORA; FECES; FEMALE; FOOD CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MEAT; MICROBIOLOGY; SALMONELLA; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; CARNIVORA; FECES; FEMALE; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; MALE; MEAT; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL;

EID: 0036491366     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/1042-7260(2002)033[0083:PEODCO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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