Dysautonomia and salmonellosis in an 11-year-old female llama (Lama glama)

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 213-216

  Middleton, John R ^a,c   Johnson, Gayle C ^a,b   Pardo, Ingrid ^b   Chigerwe, Munashe ^a   O'Brien, Dennis P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c Department of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL SALMONELLOSIS; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; AUTONOMIC GANGLION; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; CASE REPORT; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; INNERVATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SALMONELLA;

ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CAMELIDS, NEW WORLD; FEMALE; GANGLIA, AUTONOMIC; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL;

LAMA GLAMA;

EID: 32344432381     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1892/0891-6640(2006)20[213:DASIAY]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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