Outbreak of salmonellosis in a zoologic collection of lorikeets and lories (Trichoglossus, Lorius, and Eos spp.)

Avian Diseases

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 493-498

  Ward, M P ^a   Ramer, J C ^b   Proudfoot, J ^b   Garner, M M ^c   Juan Salles C ^c   Wu, C C ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANAPOLIS ZOO   (United States)

^c NORTHWEST ZOOPATH   (United States)

Author keywords

Eos; Lorius; Outbreak; Psittacine; Salmonella; Trichoglossus; Zoologic

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EOS; LORIIDAE; LORIUS; PSITTACIFORMES; REPTILIA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SERPENTES; THAMNOPHIS; TRICHOGLOSSUS;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ENROFLOXACIN; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL SALMONELLOSIS; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; INFECTION CONTROL; LIVER; LUNG; MICROBIOLOGY; PARROT; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SNAKE; SPLEEN; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FLUOROQUINOLONES; INFECTION CONTROL; LIVER; LUNG; PARROTS; QUINOLONES; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SNAKES; SPLEEN;

EID: 0042882625     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/0005-2086(2003)047[0493:OOSIAZ]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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