Evidence of Helicobacter sp. in dental plaque of captive dolphins (Tursiops gephyreus)

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 644-648

  Goldman, Cinthia G ^a   Loureiro, Julio D ^b,c   Quse, Viviana ^b,c   Corach, Daniel ^a   Calderon, Enrique ^b   Caro, Ricardo A ^a   Boccio, José ^a   Heredia, Sergio Rodríguez ^b   Di Carlo, Maria B ^a   Zubillaga, Marcela B ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Mundo Marino Foundation   (Argentina)

^c Mundo Marino Oceanarium   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Dental plaque; Dolphins; Gastritis; Helicobacter; Marine mammals; Oral cavity

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARCTOCEPHALUS; ARCTOCEPHALUS AUSTRALIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CETACEA; CORYPHAENIDAE; ELEPHANT; HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER SP.; MAMMALIA; MIROUNGA LEONINA; ORCINUS ORCA; OTARIA FLAVESCENS; OTARIIDAE; PANTHERA LEO; PHOCIDAE; PSEUDORCA CRASSIDENS; TURSIOPS;

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DOLPHIN; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GENETICS; HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PHOCA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVA; STOMACH JUICE; TOOTH PLAQUE; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; DENTAL PLAQUE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOLPHINS; FEMALE; GASTRIC JUICE; GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVA; SEALS, EARLESS;

EID: 0036653403     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-38.3.644     Document Type: Article

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