Antibiotic sensitivity and biochemical characterization of Fusobacterium spp. and Arcanobacterium pyogenes isolated from farmed white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) with necrobacillosis

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 262-268

  Chirino Trejo, Manuel ^a   Woodbury, Murray R ^a   Huang, Fei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Arcanobacterium; Fusobacterium; Necrobacillosis; Odocoileus virginianus; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

ACTINOMYCETACEAE; ANIMALIA; ARCANOBACTERIUM; ARCANOBACTERIUM PYOGENES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CERVIDAE; FUSOBACTERIUM; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; FUSOBACTERIUM VARIUM; NEGIBACTERIA; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 0242577029     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/02-019     Document Type: Article

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