An indoor air quality study of an alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) holding facility

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 108-115

  Wilson, S C ^a   Holder, H W ^c   Martin, J M ^a   Brasel, T L ^a   Andriychuk, L A ^a   Wu, C ^a   Straus, D C ^a   Aguilar, R ^b,d  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b AUDUBON NATURE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Assured Indoor Air Quality LP   (United States)

^d Phoenix Zoo   (United States)

Author keywords

Alligator mississippiensis; Heating ventilation and air conditioning system; Mold; Morbidity; Mortality; Sick building syndrome; Zoo

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FATALITY; FUNGUS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; PATHOLOGY; STANDARD;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; FATAL OUTCOME; FUNGI; MYCOSES; VENTILATION;

ALLIGATOR; ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS; ALLIGATORINAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHRYSOSPORIUM; FUNGI; GAVIALINAE; TOMISTOMA SCHLEGELII; GLABRATELLA ORNATISSIMA; GLOBIGERINA BULLOIDES; QUINQUELOCULINA;

FORAMINIFERA; NUMERICAL METHOD; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SIZE; RAINFALL; SEASONALITY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CALIFORNIA; CARIACO BASIN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CARIBBEAN SEA; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; INDIAN RIVER; LESSER ANTILLES; NORTH AMERICA; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745187594     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/36.2.108     Document Type: Article

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