Leptospira infection in two black rhinoceroses (Diceros bicornis michaeli)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 476-486

  Neiffer, Donald L ^a,c   Klein, Edwin C ^b   Wallace Switalski, Carolee ^a  

^a Pittsburgh Zoo   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c Walt Disney World   (United States)

Author keywords

Black rhinoceros; Diceros bicornis michaeli; Leptospira kirschneri serovar grippotyphosa; Leptospirosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PERISSODACTYLA;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; PERISSODACTYLA; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

EID: 0042701587     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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