Mycobacteriosis in two captive Forida manatees (Tichechus manatus latirostris)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 184-188

  Sato, Tsuneo ^a   Shibuya, Hisashi ^a   Ohba, Shigeo ^a   Nojiri, Toshio ^a   Shirai, Wataru ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Granuloma; Manatee; Mycobacteriosis; Mycobacterium fortuitum; Mycobacterium kansasii; Mycobacterium marinum; Trichechus manatus

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; TICHECHUS MANATUS; TRICHECHIDAE; TRICHECHUS; TRICHECHUS MANATUS; TRICHECHUS MANATUS LATIROSTRIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; PATHOLOGY; TRICHECHUS MANATUS;

ANIMALS; LUNG; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; TRICHECHUS MANATUS;

EID: 0642314065     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/1042-7260(2003)034[0184:MITCFM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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