Proliferative enteritis associated with Lawsonia intracellularis in a Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 549-552

  Lafortune, Maud ^a,c   Wellehan, James F X ^a   Jacobson, Elliott R ^a   Troutman, J Mitchell ^a   Gebhart, Connie J ^b   Thompson, Margaret S ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c DISNEY S ANIMAL KINGDOM   (United States)

Author keywords

Diarrhea; Japanese macaque; Lawsonia intracellularis; Macaca fuscata; Nonhuman primate; Proliferative enteropathy

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; LAWSONIA INTRACELLULARIS; MACACA; MACACA FUSCATA; PRIMATES;

EID: 13244279733     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/03-080     Document Type: Article

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