Normal conjunctival flora in the north American opossum (Didelphis virginiana) and raccoon (Procyon lotor)

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 851-855

  Pinard, Chantale L ^a   Brightman, Alan H ^a   Yeary, Teresa J ^a   Everson, Troy D ^a   Cox, Linda K ^a   Chengappa, M M ^a   Davidson, Harriet J ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlamydia; Conjunctiva; Mycoplasma; Normal flora; Opossum; Raccoon; Survey

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIS; DIDELPHIS VIRGINIANA; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYCOPLASMA; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

BACTERIAL DNA;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; CHLAMYDIA; CONJUNCTIVA; CORYNEBACTERIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOPLASMA; OPOSSUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RACCOON; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; CHLAMYDIA; CONJUNCTIVA; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FEMALE; KANSAS; MALE; MYCOPLASMA; OPOSSUMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RACCOONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0037667788     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-38.4.851     Document Type: Article

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