Subcutaneous clostridial infection in Adelie penguins in Hope Bay, Antarctica

Polar Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 249-252

  Nievas, Victorio F ^a   Leotta, Gerardo A ^a   Vigo, Germán B ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; ISOLATED POPULATION; SEABIRD;

ADELIE COAST; ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; HOPE BAY; WEST ANTARCTICA;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM CADAVERIS; CLOSTRIDIUM SPOROGENES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PYGOSCELIS ADELIAE; SPHENISCIDAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 33845665826     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-006-0179-5     Document Type: Article

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