Prevalence of gastrointestinal bacterial pathogens in a population of zoo animals

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 166-172

  Stirling, J ^a   Griffith, M ^b,c   Blair, I ^d   Cormican, M ^e   Dooley, J S G ^d   Goldsmith, C E ^a   Glover, S G ^a   Loughrey, A ^a   Lowery, C J ^d   Matsuda, M ^f   McClurg, R ^a   McCorry, K ^a   McDowell, D ^d   McMahon, A ^d   Cherie Millar, B ^a   Nagano, Y ^a   Rao, J R ^g   Rooney, P J ^a   Smyth, M ^a   Snelling, W J ^d   Xu, J ^a,h   Moore, J E ^a   more..

^a BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Jubilee Veterinary Centre   (United Kingdom)

^c City of Belfast Zoological Gardens   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

^f AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^h XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Arcobacter; Campylobacter; Escherichia coli O157; Exotic species; Open farms; Petting farms; Salmonella; Shigella; Yersinia; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARCOBACTER; ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; YERSINIA; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; BACTERIA; CAMPYLOBACTER; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; FEMALE; IRELAND; MALE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; YERSINIA; ZOONOSES;

AILURUS FULGENS; ANIMALIA; ARCOBACTER; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CAMPYLOBACTER LARI; CHRYSOCYON BRACHYURUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MACROPUS RUFUS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR DUBLIN; SHIGELLA; VICUGNA VICUGNA; YERSINIA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA FREDERIKSENII; YERSINIA KRISTENSENII;

EID: 40549127745     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2007.01099.x     Document Type: Article

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