Outbreaks of zoonotic enteric disease associated with animal exhibits

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 224, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1440-1445

  LeJeune, Jeffrey T ^a   Davis, Margaret A ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HEALTH; ANIMAL SALMONELLOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; INTESTINE INFECTION; REVIEW; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; PUBLIC HEALTH; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; UNITED STATES; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 2442587864     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2004.224.1440     Document Type: Review

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