Introducing reptiles into a captive collection: The role of the veterinarian

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 53-68

  Pasmans, Frank ^a   Blahak, Silvia ^b   Martel, An ^a   Pantchev, Nikola ^c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Chemisches und Veterinäruntersuchungsamt Ostwestfalen Lippe   (Germany)

^c IDEXX LABORATORIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Entry control; Infectious diseases; Prevention; Reptile

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CHLOROCRESOL; FIPRONIL; HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM; PHENOL; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE;

ADENOVIRUS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHLAMYDIACEAE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISINFECTION; ECTOPARASITE; ENDOPARASITE; ENTAMOEBA; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; HEALTH HAZARD; HERPES VIRUS; INFECTION CONTROL; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MYCOPLASMA; NONHUMAN; PARAMYXOVIRUS; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROPHYLAXIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REPTILE; REVIEW; SALMONELLA; VETERINARY MEDICINE; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; ENTAMOEBIASIS; REPTILES; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALIA; CHLAMYDIALES; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DERMABACTER; ENTAMOEBA; HERPESVIRIDAE; MYCOPLASMA; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE; REPTILIA; SALMONELLA;

EID: 38749093362     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2006.12.009     Document Type: Review

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