Failure to detect salmonella species in a population of wild tuatara (sphenodon punctatus)

New Zealand Veterinary Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 134-136

  Gartrell, B D ^a   Youl, J M ^a   King, C M ^b   Bolotovski, I ^b   McDonald, W L ^b   Nelson, N J ^c  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b Ministry for Primary Industries   (New Zealand)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Hafnia; Reptile; Salmonellosis; Tuatara; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL SALMONELLOSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CLOACA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FECES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NEW ZEALAND; REPTILE; SALMONELLA; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CLOACA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FECES; NEW ZEALAND; REPTILES; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; TRANSPORTATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM; HAFNIA; HAFNIA ALVEI; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; REPTILIA; SALMONELLA; SPHENODON PUNCTATUS;

EID: 34250804918     PISSN: 00480169     EISSN: 11760710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00480169.2007.36756     Document Type: Article

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