Performance, bacterial shedding and microbial drug resistance in two tortoise species

Veterinary Record

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 62-65

  Barbour, E K ^a   Chacra, N A ^a   Gali Mouhtaseb, H ^a   Jaber, L ^a   Nehme, P ^a   Shaib, H ^a   Sadek, R ^b   Usayran, N ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

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BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 34547487014     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.161.2.62     Document Type: Article

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