Analysis of the transmission of Salmonella spp. through generations of pet snakes

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 556-559

  Schröter, Matthias ^a   Speicher, Angelika ^b   Hofmann, Jörg ^a   Roggentin, Peter ^c  

^a Landesinstitut für Den Öffentlichen Gesundheitsdienst NRW ^*  (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c Dr Brill Partner GmbH Institute for Hygiene and Microbiology   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL SALMONELLOSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SALMONELLA; SEROTYPING; SNAKE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SEROTYPING; SNAKES;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; REPTILIA; SALMONELLA; SERPENTES;

EID: 33644945727     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2005.00934.x     Document Type: Article

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