Clostridium perfringens enterotoxicosis in two Amur leopards (Panthera pardus orientalis)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 134-135

  Neiffer, Donald L ^a,b  

^a Pittsburgh Zoo   (United States)

^b Walt Disney World   (United States)

Author keywords

Amur leopard; Clostridium perfringens; Enterotoxicosis; Gastrointestinal; Panthera pardus orientalis

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ENTEROTOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN, CLOSTRIDIUM; ISPAGULA; LAXATIVE; METRONIDAZOLE; TYLOSIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL SPORE; CARNIVORA; CASE REPORT; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DIARRHEA; FECES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARNIVORA; CATHARTICS; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DIARRHEA; ENTEROTOXINS; FECES; MALE; METRONIDAZOLE; PSYLLIUM; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TYLOSIN;

EID: 0043133648     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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