Absence of detectable salmonella cloacal shedding in free-living reptiles on admission to the wildlife center of Virginia

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 562-563

  Richards, Jean M ^a   Brown, Justin D ^a   Kelly, Terra R ^b   Fountain, Andrea L ^c   Sleeman, Jonathan M ^d  

^a VIRGINIA MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Augusta Medical Center   (United States)

^d The Wildlife Center of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial culture; Reptiles; Salmonella spp.; Virginia

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHELYDRA SERPENTINA; CHELYDRIDAE; CHRYSEMYS; CHRYSEMYS PICTA; CHRYSEMYS PICTA PICTA; ELAPHE; ELAPHE OBSOLETA; ELAPHE OBSOLETA OBSOLETA; PANTHEROPHIS OBSOLETUS; PSEUDEMYS; PSEUDEMYS CONCINNA; PSEUDEMYS CONCINNA CONCINNA; PSEUDEMYS RUBRIVENTRIS; RATTUS RATTUS; REPTILIA; SALMONELLA; SERPENTES; TERRAPENE CAROLINA; TERRAPENE CAROLINA CAROLINA; TESTUDINES; THAMNOPHIS; THAMNOPHIS SIRTALIS; THAMNOPHIS SIRTALIS SIRTALIS; TRACHEMYS; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA SCRIPTA;

EID: 13244290163     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/03-070     Document Type: Article

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