Prevalence of Salmonella spp in cloacal, fecal, and gastrointestinal mucosal samples from wild North American turtles

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 229, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 266-268

  Saelinger, Carley A ^a   Lewbart, Gregory A ^b   Christian, Larry S ^b   Lemons, Carol L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; FECES ANALYSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL MUCOSA; HYGIENE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CLOACA; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FECES; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; TURTLES; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; EMYDIDAE; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TESTUDINES;

EID: 33746084860     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.229.2.266     Document Type: Article

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