Isolation of Listeria ivanovii from a septicaemic chinchilla (Chinchilla lanigera)

Veterinary Record

Volumn 154, Issue 25, 2004, Pages 791-792

  Kimpe, A ^a   Decostere, A ^a   Hermans, K ^a   Baele, M ^a   Haesebrouck, F ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; OXYTETRACYCLINE;

AGE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BREEDING; CHINCHILLA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOLOGY; DEATH; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LISTERIA; LISTERIA IVANOVII; LISTERIOSIS; LIVER; NONHUMAN; SEPTICEMIA;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHINCHILLA LANIGERA; LISTERIA; LISTERIA IVANOVII;

EID: 3042775306     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.154.25.791     Document Type: Article

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