Isolation of Clostridium tertium a striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) in the Adriatic Sea

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 709-711

  Šeol, Branka ^a   Gomerčić, Martina Duras ^a   Naglić, Tomo ^a   Gomerčić, Tomislav ^a   Galov, Ana ^b   Gomerčić, Hrvoje ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Abscess; Adriatic Sea; Clostridium tertium; Croatia; Stenella coeruleoalba; Striped dolphin

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM TERTIUM; MAMMALIA; STENELLA COERULEOALBA;

EID: 33845349221     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-42.3.709     Document Type: Article

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