Pasteurella testudinis associated with respiratory disease and septicaemia in leopard (Geochelone pardalis) and other tortoises in South Africa

Journal of the South African Veterinary Association

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 135-136

  Henton, Mary M ^a  

^a Golden Vetlab   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Chelonian; Pasteurella testudinis; Respiratory disease; Tortoise

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ANUS DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLADDER DISEASE; BLOOD CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DRUG EFFICACY; EDEMA; ENTEROPATHY; EPIDEMIC; FELIDAE; LUNG EDEMA; NONHUMAN; NOSE DISEASE; PASTEURELLA; RECORDING; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SAMPLING; SEPTICEMIA; SOUTH AFRICA; TURTLE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FELIDAE; GEOCHELONE PARDALIS; OLIGACANTHORHYNCHUS; PANTHERA PARDUS; PASTEURELLA; PASTEURELLA TESTUDINIS; TESTUDINES; TESTUDINIDAE;

EID: 1642482858     PISSN: 10199128     EISSN: 22249435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/jsava.v74i4.527     Document Type: Article

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