Mycoplasma-associated polyarthritis in a reticulated giraffe

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 233-237

  Hammond, Elizabeth E ^a   Miller, Craig A ^b   Sneed, Loyd ^c   Radcliffe, Robin W ^a  

^a Fossil Rim Wildlife Center   (United States)

^b Hyde Park Animal Clinic   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Giraffa camelopardalis; Giraffe; Lameness; Mycoplasma; Polyarthritis; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

GIRAFFA CAMELOPARDALIS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA SP.;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ENROFLOXACIN; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOPLASMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNOVIAL FLUID; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; ARTIODACTYLA; FLUOROQUINOLONES; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; MALE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUINOLONES; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

EID: 0141993270     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-39.1.233     Document Type: Article

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