Osteomyelitis associated with Salmonella enterica SS arizonae in a colony of ridgenose rattlesnakes (Crotalus willardi)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 301-310

  Ramsay, Edward C ^a   Daniel, Gregory B ^a   Tryon, Bern W ^b   Merryman, Joyce I ^a   Morris, Patrick J ^a,c   Bemis, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b Department of Herpetology ^*  (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Crotalus willardi; Osteomyelitis; Rattlesnake; Salmonella arizonae

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CROTALUS; CROTALUS WILLARDI; PROVIDENCIA RETTGERI; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA CHOLERAESUIS SUBSP. ARIZONAE; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SERPENTES;

AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ENROFLOXACIN; MICROSPHERE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL SALMONELLOSIS; ARTICLE; CLOACA; DRUG IMPLANT; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; NECROSIS; OOCYTE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OSTEOMYELITIS; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; RIB; SALMONELLA ARIZONAE; SNAKE; SPINE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AMPICILLIN; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CARRIER STATE; CLOACA; CROTALUS; DRUG IMPLANTS; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; FLUOROQUINOLONES; MALE; MICE; MICROSPHERES; NECROSIS; OSTEOMYELITIS; OVUM; PENICILLINS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUINOLONES; RIBS; SALMONELLA ARIZONAE; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SPINE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0038644853     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/1042-7260(2002)033[0301:oawses]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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