Health screening for a translocation of captive-reared tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) to an Island refuge

New Zealand Veterinary Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 344-349

  Gartrell, B D ^a   Jillings, E ^a   Adlington, B A ^a   Mack, H ^a   Nelson, N J ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Disease prevalence; Endoparasites; Enteric protozoa; Salmonella; Sphenodon punctatus; Translocation; Tuatara; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD CELL COUNT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FECES; INTESTINE INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; REPTILE; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FECES; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; REPTILES; TRANSPORTATION;

AEROMONAS; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; PROTOZOA; SALMONELLA; SPHENODON PUNCTATUS; TRICHOMONAS; VERMES; YERSINIA;

EID: 33846057340     PISSN: 00480169     EISSN: 11760710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00480169.2006.36722     Document Type: Article

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