Salmonella in free-living exotic and native turtles and in pet exotic turtles from SW Spain

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 449-452

  Hidalgo Vila, J ^a   Diaz Paniagua C ^a   Perez Santigosa N ^a   de Frutos Escobar, C ^b   Herrero Herrero, A ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b Alimentación y Medio Ambiente   (Spain)

Author keywords

Free living turtles; Health risk; Pet turtles; Reptile associated salmonellosis; Salmonella

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; EXOTIC SPECIES; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; NATIVE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PET ANIMAL; POND; REPTILE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SALMONELLOSIS; SEROTYPE; SPAIN; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SPAIN; TURTLES;

REPTILIA; SALMONELLA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 51049087942     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2008.01.011     Document Type: Article

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