Spinal arthropathy associated with Ochrobactrum anthropi in free-ranging cane toads (Chaunus [Bufo] marinus) in Australia

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 85-94

  Shilton, C M ^a   Brown, G P ^b   Benedict, S ^a   Shine, R ^b  

^a Berrimah Veterinary Laboratories   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ankylosis; Arthritis; Australia; Bufo marinus; Ochrobactrum anthropi; Pathology; Spine

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BONE INFECTION; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; OCHROBACTRUM ANTHROPI; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPINE; TOAD;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BONE DISEASES, INFECTIOUS; BUFONIDAE; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; MALE; OCHROBACTRUM ANTHROPI; SPINE;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BUFO MARINUS; MAMMALIA; OCHROBACTRUM ANTHROPI; SERPENTES;

EID: 38349100520     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: 15442217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1354/vp.45-1-85     Document Type: Article

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