Biomedical evaluation of two sympatric lemur species (Propithecus verreauxi deckeni and Eulemur fulvus rufus) in tsiombokibo classified forest, Madagascar

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 581-589

  Junge, Randall E ^a   Louis, Edward E ^b  

^a St Louis Zoological Park   (United States)

^b Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoological Park   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease survey; Eulemur; Health assessment; Lemur; Madagascar; Nutrition; Propithecus; Sifaka

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER LWOFFII; ANIMALIA; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CITROBACTER; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTER AMNIGENUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EULEMUR; EULEMUR FULVUS; EULEMUR FULVUS RUFUS; HAEMAPHYSALIS; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE SUBSP. OZAENAE; LAELAPIDAE; LEMUR; PROPITHECUS; PROPITHECUS SP.; PROPITHECUS VERREAUXI DECKENI; PSOROPTES; STREPSIRHINI; TRICHURUS;

EID: 33645668344     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/05-025.1     Document Type: Article

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